Shumaker, Loop & Kendrick, an Am Law 200 firm with roots in Florida and Ohio, is poised to absorb Toledo-based intellectual property firm Fraser Clemens Martin Miller.

The two firms will announce Monday their intention to combine operations. All of Fraser Clemens' 10 lawyers will join Shumaker Loop. The boutique, which is based in the Toledo suburb of Perrysburg, Ohio, was formed in 2004 by a group of lawyers led by name partner Donald Fraser, a World War II veteran who served two terms as a state representative in Ohio.

Fraser died in December 2010, but his firm lived on with a small team of lawyers trained as engineers and scientists specializing in electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering, biochemistry and biotechnology. The firm handles a variety of IP matters, such as patent and trademark prosecution, copyrights, domain names licensing and trade secrets work.