John G. Schultz

Mr. Schultz has acted as lead trial counsel in over 170 jury trials in six states. He has been elected to the American Board of Trial Advocates and the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel. He is a fellow of  the American College of Coverage Counsel. He is certified as a Civil Trial Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Over two hundred opinions arising from his cases are published in the federal and state reporters.

Mr. Schultz defends product liability, trucking, construction and intellectual property cases as well as medical and legal malpractice claims throughout the Midwest. He specializes in representing companies and institutions whose reputation and future are dependent on a successful resolution of the litigation (often referred to as “bet the company” cases). Self-insured corporations and reinsurance carriers seek Mr. Schultz’s representation in highly sensitive or catastrophic injury cases that are not expected to settle before trial.

In recent years a significant part of Mr. Schultz’s practice has been serving in the role of “parachute counsel.” Insurance carriers often call on Mr. Schultz to step in and try a difficult case when existing defense counsel has hesitation or reservation about taking the case to a verdict. In that role, Mr. Schultz has an impressive record of favorable verdicts in cases tried in hostile venues with inflammatory evidence adverse to the defendant.

Mr. Schultz is listed in Best Lawyers in America in Insurance Law, Product Liability Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation-Defense.  He has been selected as a “Missouri/Kansas Super Lawyer” by Law and Politics Magazine every year since 2006. From 2009 to 2022 the Super Lawyers Magazine has recognized Mr. Schultz as one of the top 100 lawyers in Missouri and Kansas and one of the top 50 in Kansas City.  He has been selected as “Best of the Bar” by the Kansas City Business Journal ten times. The Chambers USA 2020 and 2021 rankings list Mr. Schultz as “an incredibly good defense lawyer.”

In 2023, Missouri Lawyers Media selected Mr. Schultz for The POWER List of Missouri’s Top 100 Attorneys. Mr. Schultz was also named an “Influential Lawyer” by Missouri Lawyers Media. This recognition was “awarded to the newsmakers – the Missouri Lawyers who made substantial contributions to the legal community this year.” Mr. Schultz’s courtroom achievements were reported in the Kansas City Star, the Detroit News, the Miami Herald, the New York Times, the London Telegraph and Rolling Stone Magazine, as well as on ABC, Fox and CBS news.