Jason G. Schutte is a litigation attorney with Drake, Narup & Mead. He was licensed to practice law in Illinois in 2008 and in Missouri in 2009. Jason has tried many cases to jury and bench verdicts and has argued on multiple occasions before the Illinois Appellate Courts.

• Personal injury
• Construction Liability
• Trucking Liability
• Insurance defense
• Professional Liability
• Family Law

• Intrusion into Dog’s Environment Provides Provocation Defense under Illinois Animal Control Act: IICLE Flashpoints, September 15, 2021;
• 2021 Survey of the Law: Illinois Defense Counsel contributing author;
• Excluded Medical Billing Expert Provides Roadmap for Attacking Opinions based on Big Data: ISBA General Practice, Solo & Small Firm Newsletter, December 1, 2020. ISBA Health Care Lawyer Newsletter, December 1, 2020. ISBA Trial Briefs Newsletter, November, 2020; 
• Dog Owners Subject to Liability (under ACA) Only if they have Control of the Dog at the Time of the Bite: IICLE Flashpoints, November 2020;
• HIPAA Protective Orders and Use of Protected Health Information in Litigation: ISBA Elder Law Newsletter, July 2020. ISBA Health Care Lawyer Newsletter, July 2020;
• Proving Fault in Auto Cases, Chapter 10 update: IICLE 2020 Edition;
• Insurance Defense Case Evaluation, Strategies and Trial Prep Continuing Education Presentation: National Business Institute presentation, July 2019;
• No Reliance, No liability for Breach of Contract to Remove Snow and Ice: IICLE Flashpoints, January 2019;
• Collateral Source Rule Bars Set off of Underinsured Motorist Benefits: Illinois Defense Counsel Quarterly, October 3, 2018;
• Snow and Ice: Natural and Obvious?: ISBA Trial Briefs Newsletter, October 2018;
• Vicarious liability bars contribution between principal defendants: ISBA Trial Briefs Newsletter, February 2018;
• Stuck Shoe Defeats De Minimis Rule in Trip and Fall Case: IICLE Flashpoints, January 2018;
• Appellate Court confirms importance of Dead Man's Act in surviving litigation: ISBA Trial Briefs Newsletter, September 2017;
• Conflicts of Interest and the Duty of the Insurance Company to Defend: ISBA Trial Briefs and The Policy Newsletters, May 2017;
• Informed consent is determined by Prudent Person standard, expert testimony not required: ISBA Trial Briefs Newsletter, December 2016. ISBA Tort Trends Newsletter, September 2017;
• Court Resolves Petrillo Issue with Bifurcation of Physician Testimony: IICLE, Flashpoints, November 2016;
• 2 Tortfeasors, 1 Accident = 2 Underinsured Motorist Claims with 1 Policy Limit: ISBA Trial Briefs Newsletter, November 2016;
• Once Validly Waived, the Implied Warranty of Habitability Cannot be Asserted by Subsequent Purchaser: IICLE, Flashpoints, October, 2016;
• Comparative Fault not Trumped by Summary Judgment on Liability: ISBA Trial Briefs Newsletter, August 2016;
• Contractor Liability, What Every Contractor in the Construction Industry Needs to Know: Presentation provided to Associated Builders and Contractors Quincy Regional Meeting, March 2016;
• 2-622 Certificate of Merit not necessary in simple Medical Battery Claim: ISBA Trial Briefs Newsletter, February 2016;
• Theories of Contractor Liability for Jobsite Injuries: ISBA Construction Law Newsletter, February 2016;
• Failure to yield yields question of fact: ISBA Trial Briefs Newsletter, January 2016;
• Delegation of Responsibilities within Construction Contract found Insufficient to Establish Cause of Action: Associated Builders and Contractors of Illinois Monthly Merit Update, January 2016;
• The Affidavit and Success at Summary Judgment: ISBA, Trial Briefs Newsletter, October 2015. Co-Author Natalie Koepke;
• Are Business Earnings Relevant to Personal Injury Claims: IICLE Flashpoints, October 16, 2015;
• EMTALA: Implications for Independent Physicians: Capson Insurance Blog, September 2015;
• Hit and Run Coverage When There is no Hit: Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, August 3, 2015;
• Power of Attorney’s Execution of Admission Contract with Arbitration Provision is Binding on Principal’s Common Law and Nursing Home Act Claims: ISBA Elder Law Newsletter, June 2015;
• Slips, Falls, and the Natural Accumulation Rule: Illinois Bar Journal, June 2015.
• Self-Made Distraction and Expert Affidavit Insufficient to Circumvent Open and Obvious Rule: IICLE Flashpoints, May, 2015;
• Right to Trial De Novo is Inherent to Non-Binding Arbitration of Underinsured Motorist Claims: IICLE Flashpoints, February 2015;
• Beyond the One-Bite Rule: Liability for Animal-Caused Injuries. Illinois Bar Journal, Authored by J. Schutte, T. Meyer and W. Waldman, September, 2013;
• Traveling Employee Theory of Liability does not Extend to Employer Tort Liability: ISBA Trial Briefs Newsletter, December 2013;
• No Strict Liability Under the Animal Control Act: ISBA Animal Law Newsletter and ISBA Trial Briefs Newsletter, August 2013;
• The Implied Warranty of Habitability and How to Protect your Contractor Client: ISBA Real Estate Newsletter, January 2013;
• It was a gift, not a loan – Prove it!: ISBA Trial Briefs Newsletter, September 2012, Written by Jason G. Schutte with citation assistant Eric Waldman;
• Proving Fault in Automobile Accidents: IICLE Practice Handbook; Chapter 10, Across the Centerline, 2011 supplement. Co-authored 2011 supplement to Chapter 10 of the Proving Fault IICLE Handbook analyzing the use of the “act of god” defense in proving fault in automobile accident cases;
• The Home Repair and Remodeling Act and how it effects the Contractor: Presented by Jason G. Schutte to the Adams County Home Builders Association at their August 2009 meeting.