Jamie R. Schumacher
MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton
Jamie R. Schumacher is an Associate in the Litigation Department at MacDonald Illig where she concentrates her practice in the areas of commercial litigation, employment litigation, insurance defense, and municipal/ordinance enforcement. She is also a member of the firm's Commercial/General Litigation Practice Group, Labor & Employment Practice Group, Government Services Practice Group, Marketing Committee, and the Recruitment Committee. Ms. Schumacher is licensed to practice in all Pennsylvania state courts, the United States District Courts for the Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.
Ms. Schumacher is the former chair of the Young Lawyers Division of the Erie County Bar Association. She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association House of Delegates. Ms. Schumacher is also a frequent speaker and author on issues of substantive law and practice.
In addition to her legal practice, Ms. Schumacher enjoys spending time with her daughter and continuing her involvement as both a student and an instructor at Long's School of Dance here in Erie. Before joining MacDonald Illig, she was an intern at the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Pennsylvania and the Allegheny County District Attorney's Office Domestic Violence Division.
- Insurance Defense
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Employment Law
- Employee Benefits, Employment Contracts, Employment Discrimination, ERISA, Overtime & Unpaid Wages, Sexual Harassment, Whistleblower, Wrongful Termination
- Pennsylvania
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- 3rd Circuit
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- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
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- United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
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- English
- Attorney
- MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton
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- University of Pittsburgh School of Law
- J.D.
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- Gannon University
- B.A. | Political Science
- Honors: summa cum laude, with Honors
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- American Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Member
- Current
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- Erie County Bar Association
- Member
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