Jay H. Scholl
Jay Scholl, a Member of Davis & Campbell L.L.C., represents businesses and business owners across the full life of a company — from formation and day-to-day operations through growth, restructuring, and eventual sale or transfer. He serves as outside counsel to closely held businesses, advising owners on the practical legal questions that arise as a company develops: choice of entity and formation, governance and ownership arrangements, commercial contracts, vendor and customer agreements, and the allocation of risk in complex transactions.
Much of Jay’s transactional work centers on drafting and negotiating the agreements that govern a business’s most important relationships — master service agreements, statements of work, purchase and sale agreements, and the specific provisions that determine who bears the risk when something goes wrong. Jay also advises clients on the purchase and sale of commercial real property and related real estate matters.
What distinguishes Jay’s approach is a background that spans both the drafting table and the courtroom. Having litigated numerous jury trials and argued before appellate tribunals, he has seen firsthand how contracts fail and how disputes arise — and he brings that perspective to every transaction he handles. Jay drafts business and transactional documents with an eye toward preventing future conflict, anticipating the points of friction that later become litigation and addressing them before they do. When disputes cannot be avoided, he draws on that same litigation experience to advise clients on business and commercial disputes, commercial landlord-tenant matters, and trust and estate controversies.
Jay also maintains an active estate planning practice. He works closely with individual clients to prepare and execute estate plans tailored to their goals, structuring plans to achieve the desired distribution of assets and tax efficiency where appropriate. He regularly counsels executors and trustees on the practical and fiduciary issues that arise in estate and trust administration, and he represents clients in contested estate and trust matters when administration gives way to dispute.
Across all of his work, Jay is known for combining technical precision with a pragmatic, business-minded sensibility — giving clients advice they can actually act on. Having grown up on a family farm, he brings a grounded work ethic and common-sense perspective to his practice, along with a natural understanding of the agricultural producers and closely held family businesses he frequently represents.
Jay is deeply invested in the Peoria community. He serves on the board of Discover Peoria and is an active youth sports coach, coaching his children’s baseball, basketball, and football teams. He formerly chaired the Peoria PlayHouse Advisory Board and has held leadership roles in a number of other local nonprofit and community organizations. He has volunteered his time with a range of area charitable and human-services organizations and has helped raise significant funds to support adult literacy in the Peoria area. Earlier in his career, Jay traveled to South Africa to teach math and English to children in rural, low-income communities. The values of his upbringing remain a constant: Jay stays actively involved in managing his family’s farm. He and his wife, Jessica, have three children.
401 Main Street, Suite 1600
Peoria, IL 61602
On March 18, 2020, Attorneys Rick Russo and Jay Scholl will present on “Wage & Hour Laws.” Topics covered will include: What are the new federal minimum salary requirement? What is “compensable” work time, including for meal breaks? What are the minimum wage requirements and what are options for managing wage expenses? What wage deductions […]
Continue ReadingOn November 18, 2020, Attorneys Rick Russo and Jay Scholl will present “Safe Selection: Reducing Your Hiring Risk.” Topics covered will include: pre-hire testing and assessments; what you cannot and should not ask on job application forms; new restrictions on use of artificial intelligence in the interviewing process; online application processes, advertising openings; and conducting […]
Continue ReadingOn May 31, 2018, a federal judge in Chicago refused to dismiss allegations that an employer and its time-keeping equipment supplier violated the Illinois Biometric Information Privacy Act (“BIPA”). In part, BIPA requires private entities in possession of biometric information — including retina or iris scans, fingerprints, voiceprints, or scans of hand or face geometry — […]
Continue Reading2013 Agri Business Seminar — On August 15, 2013, Derek Schryer and Jay Scholl are presenting at the 2013 Agri Business Seminar. Held at the Best Western Ashland House in Morton, Illinois, the presentation runs from 8:30 a.m. to noon, with a free hot breakfast buffet served at 7:30 a.m. In addition to Derek and […]
Continue Reading2013 Agri Business Seminar — On August 15, 2013, Derek Schryer and Jay Scholl are presenting at the 2013 Agri Business Seminar. Held at the Best Western Ashland House in Morton, Illinois, the presentation runs from 8:30 a.m. to noon, with a free hot breakfast buffet served at 7:30 a.m. In addition to Derek and […]
Continue ReadingDerek Schryer and Jay Scholl are presenting at the 2012 Agri Business Seminar. Held at the Best Western Ashland House in Morton, Illinois, the presentation runs from 8:30 a.m. to noon, with a free hot breakfast buffet served at 7:30 a.m. In addition to Derek’s programs on “To Gift or Not to Gift: The 2012 […]
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