Andrew C Schwartz Walnut Creek, California
| President | |
| phone | (925) 947-1147 |
| fax | (925) 947-1131 |
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Mr. Schwartz is a member of the National Board of Trial Advocates, and emphasizes litigating serious injury cases. He was lead trial counsel in the cases of Acosta v. City and County of San Francisco, and Wilkes v. Merrithew Memorial Hospital, both of which resulted in successful jury verdicts. A graduate of the University of San Francisco (J.D.) in 1975, Mr. Schwartz was admitted to the California and Federal Bars the same year and to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1979. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors of both the Contra Costa County Legal Services Foundation and the Alameda/Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, and as co-chairman of the Contra Costa Bar Association's Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.
Areas of Practice:
- Bar Admissions:
- California, 1975
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1975
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1975
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1975
- U.S. Supreme Court, 1979
- Education:
- University of San Francisco School of Law, San Francisco, California,
1975
J.D. - University of Bridgeport,
1970
B.S.
Major: Business Administration
- Published Works:
- Contributor - CLOSING ARGUMENT, THE ART AND THE LAW, Callaghan's Trial Practice Series, Jacob A. Stein, Thomson-West, Section 374.50, 2003
- Professional Associations and Memberships:
- National Board of Trial Advocacy
- Certified Civil Trial Advocates, 1999 - Present
- Member
- Contra Costa County Bar Association, 1993 - 1994
- Chairman, ADR Committee
- State Bar of California
- Member
- Alameda-Contra Costa Trial Lawyers Association, 1989 - 1992
- Board Member
- Consumer Attorneys of California
- Member
- American Association for Justice
- Member
