Humphrey Schurman completed his law studies at the Faculty of Law of the University of Suriname in 1978. In 1988, he founded the Schurman Law Firm, now Schurman Advocaten N.V. (since 2018). The start of the Schurman Collection Agency was the next step. The collection agency, although a separate company, is part of the firm.

Schurman supports and advises various Surinamese and foreign companies on legal, organizational and social issues. In 2005, he founded the Foundation for the Promotion of Intellectual Property in Suriname. Through this foundation, individuals and institutions are legally supported in the protection of their intellectual property.

Schurman is always applying new technology in the company. He believes that client services must progress continously. In the communication age, it is almost a given, Schurman said, that clients who wish to do so can monitor their business via the Internet and make adjustments as needed.

In addition to being a “boss” at Schurman Lawyers and Schurman Debt Collection and a busy lawyer, Humphrey Schurman is active in Suriname’s social scene. For many years he was Chief Commissioner of the Boy Scouts in Suriname and International Commissioner of the Caribbean Scouting Movement. He is also chairman of Foundation Projekten voor Jeugd en Natuur (Projects for Youth and Nature), an organization involved in educational projects for children. For many years he has been chairman of the Suriname Crematorium Foundation.

Humphrey Schurman has also made name in the Surinamese business community. He is the chairman of the Board of Directors of the St. Vincentius Hospital Foundation and he is president-commissioner of the Hakrinbank and commissioner of several other companies.

Humphrey Schurman is also the co-founder, together with Nita Ramcharan,  and president-commissioner of Network Star Suriname (NSS), a media company based on the universally accepted Human Rights, including the right to free speech.

Besides all this, sports is his great hobby and then not only practicing it but also the management side. For example, he was a board member of the Surinamese Olympic Committee for 2 x 4 years.