Richard A. Schuster
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Richard Schuster | Hartford Accident & Injury Lawyer
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Main Office
1111 E Sumner St
Hartford, WI 53027
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Wisconsin Office
1111 E. Sumner St.
PO Box 270670
Hartford, WI 53027
Louisiana Office
101 W. Robert E. Lee Blvd.
Ste. 401
New Orleans, LA 70124
California Office
18500 Von Karman,
Ste. 530
Irvine, CA 92612
Texas Office
11940 Jollyville Rd.
Ste. 215N
Austin, TX 78759
Florida Office
1301 Riverplace Blvd.
Suite 800
Jacksonville, FL 32207
Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C.
About Richard
Richard A. Schuster 蘇世達, is a trial lawyer and shareholder with the law firm of Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. Richard helps companies litigate product liability, property, and commercial disputes throughout the United States. He also helps companies navigate the supply chain, regulatory, and other challenges they face doing business in the United States, particularly as they rapidly grow.
Richard prosecutes subrogation actions and defends manufacturers in equal measure, at home on either side of the aisle. He has handled over 1,000 cases, in almost every state in the country, mostly subrogation matters involving fires and product liability defenses for manufacturers. His ability to communicate in Mandarin Chinese has been an advantage on both sides.
Richard has achieved industry-changing results holding accountable manufacturers of fireplaces and grills in subrogation cases, results that led to safety improvements benefitting all consumers. He is currently leading the effort in the subrogation community to hold Gree accountable for selling millions of defective dehumidifiers and then hiding those defects from the public for over a year. His results in dehumidifier cases speak loudly.
On the defense side, he helped a manufacturer win a defense verdict in a federal court jury trial recognized as the #2 Most Distinguished Defense Verdict for the year 2015 by the North Carolina Lawyer’s Weekly.
On the front end, he helps companies negotiate, navigate, and understand the risks of the contracts into which they enter. He has worked with healthcare technology companies to maximize IPO gains, fitness technology suppliers to address the challenges of rapid growth, and dozens of OEM manufacturers to minimize and understand the risks they assume when signing form agreements with large retailers.
Richard is often invited to present on product liability defense and insurance litigation related topics in the U.S. and in Asia. He has also helped train claim staffs for Asian insurers.
Rich’s greatest professional pride is that clients rarely go elsewhere once entrusting him, a sign that they recognize how important each relationship is to him and how hard he will work to preserve and further it. A close second is he’s often told, “You don’t seem like a lawyer.”
Richard is Mandarin Chinese proficient, admires Asian culture, understands Asian corporations, and attended the National Chengchi University (國立政治大學) IMBA program. Richard graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he served as an Articles Editor for the Wisconsin Law Review and was a Bruce Beilfuss Award recipient.
Richard prosecutes subrogation actions and defends manufacturers in equal measure, at home on either side of the aisle. He has handled over 1,000 cases, in almost every state in the country, mostly subrogation matters involving fires and product liability defenses for manufacturers. His ability to communicate in Mandarin Chinese has been an advantage on both sides.
Richard has achieved industry-changing results holding accountable manufacturers of fireplaces and grills in subrogation cases, results that led to safety improvements benefitting all consumers. He is currently leading the effort in the subrogation community to hold Gree accountable for selling millions of defective dehumidifiers and then hiding those defects from the public for over a year. His results in dehumidifier cases speak loudly.
On the defense side, he helped a manufacturer win a defense verdict in a federal court jury trial recognized as the #2 Most Distinguished Defense Verdict for the year 2015 by the North Carolina Lawyer’s Weekly.
On the front end, he helps companies negotiate, navigate, and understand the risks of the contracts into which they enter. He has worked with healthcare technology companies to maximize IPO gains, fitness technology suppliers to address the challenges of rapid growth, and dozens of OEM manufacturers to minimize and understand the risks they assume when signing form agreements with large retailers.
Richard is often invited to present on product liability defense and insurance litigation related topics in the U.S. and in Asia. He has also helped train claim staffs for Asian insurers.
Rich’s greatest professional pride is that clients rarely go elsewhere once entrusting him, a sign that they recognize how important each relationship is to him and how hard he will work to preserve and further it. A close second is he’s often told, “You don’t seem like a lawyer.”
Richard is Mandarin Chinese proficient, admires Asian culture, understands Asian corporations, and attended the National Chengchi University (國立政治大學) IMBA program. Richard graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School, where he served as an Articles Editor for the Wisconsin Law Review and was a Bruce Beilfuss Award recipient.
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Admission
Indiana
2023
Wisconsin
2005
Education
University of Wisconsin Law School
J.D.
2005
Recognitions & Achievements
Associations
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U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
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U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
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U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
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U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
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U.S. District Court Western District of Kentucky
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U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio
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U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
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U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
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U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
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State Bar of Wisconsin, Member,2005
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Claims Litigation Management (CLM), Member,2012
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National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP), Member,2013
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Approved to practice pro hac vice Florida, California, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, Louisiana, Arizona, Connecticut, and other states.
Notable Work
Publications
Turn Down For What: How Inadvertent Stove Activations Ignite Big Trouble – October 28, – Annual National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) Conference in San Diego, California.
2025 / 2025
Becoming Awesome: A Top 10 List And Panel Discussion On What Experts, Attorneys, And Carriers Value In Most Partners – October 28, – Annual National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) Conference in San Diego, California.
2025 / 2025
Comparative Analysis of Product Defect Litigation – Liability and Personal Jurisdiction Over Foreign Defendants – October 28, – Seminar ed to National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) Annual Conference co-ed by Paul Landis, Phoenix, Arizona.
2024 / present / present
Turning Up the Heat: Stove Top Failures Ignite Subrogation – September 5, – MWL webinar ed to public co-ed with Sadie Hobbs.
2024 / present / present
Hot, Spicy, and Burnt! Understanding Restaurant Fires – March 22, – Session ed at NASP Spring Conference in Hersey, Pennsylvania.
2024 / present / 2024
CHEAP TALK: Amazon’s Defective Product Policy Change and The Latest Online Marketplace Developments – November 6, – Session ed at Annual NASP Conference in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
2023 / present / 2023
Embracing the Unexpected in Litigation and Coming Out On Top – March 31, – Session ed at Young Lawyers Conference in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
2023 / present
Kia / Hyundai Thefts: A Primer, Plan Forward, and Call to Action – March 14, – MWL Webinar ed to public.
2023 / present
Subrogation In The News – February 17, – Seminar ed at NASP Spring Conference on Amelia Island, Florida.
2023 / present / 2023
How to Win Litigation and Evaluate Attorney Performance (Part 2 of Property Subrogation Series) – December 7, – MWL webinar ed to public.
2022 / present
Tips For Success Fire Loss Subrogation Pursuit From Date of Loss To Trial (Part 1 of Property Subrogation Series) – October 12, – MWL webinar ed to public.
2022 / present
Winning Cases In The Most Important, Least Appreciated State – Discovery – November 10, – Co-ed webinar at the NASP Annual Conference in San Antonio, Texas.
2021 / present / 2021
Dehumidifier Claims: Recent Developments, War Stories, and Evaluating Your Subrogation Results – April 27, – MWL webinar ed to public.
2021 / present
Subrogating Fireplace Fires – April 23, – Co-ed at the NASP Subrogation Litigation: Skills and Management Conference, which was scheduled to take place in Nashville, Tennessee, but ended up being a virtual event.
2020 / present / 2020
The Unique Nature of Trucking Accident Evidence and Its Importance – October 29, – Seminar ed at Annual National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) Conference in Washington, D.C.
2019 / present / 2019
The Shield Surrounding Online Retailers: An Update on the Prime Strategies Utilized by Cyber Stores to Deflect Accountability – November 12, – Seminar ed at National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) Conference in Orlando, Florida.
2018 / present / 2018
Stop Overlooking Manufacturers on Clearance to Combustible Fireplace Cases – A Case Study on Why Pursuing Only the Installer is Selling Your Case Short – March 23, – Seminar ed at National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) Litigation Skills Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.
2018 / present / 2018
U.S. Product Liability Law and Developments – November 24, – Seminar ed at USA Product Liability Insurance Conference in Taipei, Taiwan.
2017 / present / 2017
How Online Giants Fight to Avoid Product Liability for the Products they Sell and Why it Matters – November 13, , Seminar ed at Annual National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) Conference in Austin, Texas.
2017 / present / 2017
Pursuing Online Retailer – Strategies, Stores, and Trends in Making Claims Against the Growing Online Retail Industry – November 6, , Webinar ed to National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP).
2017 / present
Subrogation Wars: A Galaxy On Fire, October 24, , panel ation at National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) Annual Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
2016 / present / 2016
Big Box Bounty: How the U.S. Retail Lobby is Reducing Property Insurers’ Subrogation Rights One State at a Time – A 50-State Examination of Retailer Law, November 10, , seminar ed at National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) Annual Conference in Reno, Nevada.
2015 / present / 2015
Pursuing Foreign Manufacturers in Products Cases After The Supreme Court’s Nicastro Case – November 10, – Seminar ed at National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida.
2014 / present / 2014
Subrogating Claims Involving Asian Manufacturers: The New Approach – May 8, – MWL webinar ed to the public.
2014 / present
Where’s The Beef? Subrogating Automobile/Livestock Collision – September, 17, – Seminar ed to 8th Annual Automobile Subrogation Strategies ExecuSummit, Uncasville, Connecticut.
2013 / present
Product Liability Claims Handling, ed to Brokers Link Annual Asia Pac Conference in in Taipei, Taiwan.
present / 2012
Product Liability and Asian Manufacturers ed at the ALFA Product Liability Fall Conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
present / 2011
Effectively Handling Large Loss Claims, ed to Manufacturer’s Export Industry Group in in Xiamen, China.
present / 2010
U.S. Product Liability Law and Litigation, ed to TAITRA (Taiwan International Trade Association) Conference in Taipei, Taiwan.
present / 2009
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