Jamie R.
Schumacher

Bio

Jamie is always in her client’s corner, whether providing proactive advice to mitigate risk or inside the courtroom. In addition, her support comes with continued guidance and reassurance. As it is rarely in the best interests of a client to go to court, Jamie is first focused on keeping clients out of harm’s way and on securing alternative options for resolution. She backs that mindset up with skillful trial advocacy on behalf of her clients when court resolution is the best, or unavoidable, course of action.

Jamie's experience as a litigator at MacDonald Illig has helped her assist clients in a wide variety of litigation matters, including: medical malpractice defense, insurance defense (motor vehicle, slip and falls, and property matters), labor and employment matters, breach of contract, business torts, partnership disputes, breach of fiduciary duty allegations, estate litigation (including both contested and uncontested guardianships, challenges to wills, and challenges to inter vivos transfers), and statutory compliance.

Overall, Jamie concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial litigation, employment litigation, and insurance defense. She is licensed to practice in all Pennsylvania state courts, the United States District Courts for the Western, Middle, and Eastern Districts of Pennsylvania, and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.

Jamie is the current chair of the First Vice President of the Erie County Bar Association and former chair of the Womens and Young Lawyers Divisions and the Civil Litigation Section of the Erie County Bar Association. Jamie is actively involved in the Erie community and a frequent speaker and author on issues of substantive law and practice.