Senior Counsel

Sacramento

Direct: 916.558.9723

Office: 916.945.5170

dschum@buchalter.com

Bar Admissions

California, Florida

Languages

French

Overview

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Diea Schum is a Senior Counsel in the Firm’s Sacramento office and a member of the Litigation practice group. Ms. Schum focuses her practice on commercial, construction, and real estate litigation including construction disputes, real estate contract disputes, property damage claims and litigation. She has tried cases involving delay and extra work claims, construction defect, and mold claims. Ms. Schum clients include public and private owners, developers, general contractors, and design professionals.

Diea is an effective litigator who is not afraid to tackle the most complicated legal issues and tailors her approach to each client based on their objectives. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Schum was an attorney in Florida handling commercial litigation matters for Fortune 500 companies, partnership and/or corporation breakups, construction defect, contract disputes, intellectual property issues, and other business disputes. She began her legal career as a law extern to multiple judges at the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Admissions

  • California
  • Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Education

  • Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, J.D., with honors
    • Served as Senior Editor of the Thomas M. Cooley Law Review
  • Michigan State University, B.A., Economics

  • The Top Women Leaders in Law for 2024, Women We Admire, 2024
  • The Top 50 Women Leaders in Law, Women We Admire, 2023

  • Construction

  • Member, Real Property Law Section, State Bar of California
  • Member, Litigation, State Bar of California
  • Member, Women Lawyers of Alameda County
  • Member, Alameda County Bar Association