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Credentials

Education

  • University of Missouri – J.D. 1987, B.A. 1983

Legal Services

  • Civil Litigation
  • Personal Injury
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Employment Law
  • Medical Malpractice
  • Product Liability

Bar Admissions

  • Illinois
  • Missouri

Court Admissions

  • Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
  • United States District Court for the Central District of Illinois
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
  • United States Tax Court

Mark S. Schuver

Bio

Mark S. Schuver is a shareholder at Mathis, Marifian & Richter, Ltd. with over 30 years of experience practicing in the areas of personal injury and employment litigation, product liability, will & trust disputes and commercial litigation.

Mark has achieved success in winning multi-million dollar personal injury and product liability claims, including wrongful death, truck accident and motor vehicle accident cases, slip and fall injuries, product defect lawsuits and other serious personal injury claims. As one of the firm’s most successful litigators, Mark has won numerous verdicts and settlements on behalf of the firm’s clients, including:

Wrongful Death Trucking Accident       

$9.1 million

Personal Injury          

$3.1 million

Wrongful Death Car Accident             

$2.5 million

Truck Accident

$1,385,000

Product Liability

$1.25 million
Product Liability $987,500             
Workers’ Compensation $650,000
Car Accident $650,000
Car Accident $600,000 
Car Accident $600,000
Car Accident $500,000
Dog Attack $325,000 
Car Accident $258,920 
Car Accident  $240,000
Workers’ Compensation  $192,500 
Car Accident $100,000

Mark also has extensive experience in handling employment related litigation, including workplace discrimination and harassment cases, wrongful and retaliatory discharge cases, whistleblower claims, Surface Transportation Act claims, sexual harassment, and a broad range of other employment-related litigation. Mark’s record of success in employment related litigation includes the following:

Race Discrimination claim $1.2 million
Race Discrimination/Retaliation claim $875,000
Surface Transportation Act Whistleblowing claim $376,000
Whistleblowing claim  $275,000
Disability Discrimination claim $225,000
Race Discrimination claim $187,500
Whistleblowing claim $150,000
Retaliation claim $140,000
Sexual Harassment/Retaliation claim $93,750

In addition to representing individuals, Mark also routinely advises employers on a wide range of employment-related issues, such as the Family Medical Leave Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, workers’ compensation, Title VII, personnel policy manuals and severance, non-compete and non-solicitation agreements.  Mark has represented both employers and individuals in employment matters in both state and federal courts, as well as before various administrative agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the Illinois Department of Human Rights.

Professional Affiliations

Mark is currently a member of the American Bar Association, Illinois Bar Association, The Missouri Bar, the St. Clair County Bar Association, and the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis. In his free time, Mark is also an avid wildlife, nature and landscape photographer.

Practice Highlights
Publications
Professional Lectures

“The Biometric Information Privacy Act” – Business Webinar – Mathis, Marifian & Richter, Ltd. – 2021