MICHAEL L. SCHWARTZ, J.D

Mr.  Schwartz graduated from the University of Maryland (1965) and the  University of Maryland School of Law (1968) as a Juris Doctor. In 1967  he married Laurie Koller. They have three children, a son-in-law and  daughter-in-law and five grandchildren. After marrying, while still in  law school, Mr. Schwartz became a law clerk for Judges Thomas Kenny and  William O’Donnell in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City. Mr. Schwartz  began his legal career in the Baltimore area where he remained until  2009 when he and his wife moved to Scottsdale, Arizona.
 

During his time in the Baltimore area Mr. Schwartz was in a general  practice of law in the area of civil litigation with emphasis in real  estate, commercial, and construction litigation. He has tried cases in  the state and federal courts of Maryland, District of Columbia, South  Carolina, Virginia and Georgia. His practice included appellate practice  before state and federal courts.
 

Mr. Schwartz decided in 2011 to practice law in Arizona and is now admitted to practice in the State of Arizona.
 

Education
 

B.A., 1965, University of Maryland,
College Park, Maryland, College of Liberal Arts
Juris Doctor., 1968, University of Maryland School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland
 

Academic Achievements and Honors
 

Contracts Award, highest grade
Criminal Law Award, highest grade
Law Review Invitation
Member Order of the Coif
Received highest grade Maryland Bar Examination, 1969
 

Bar Admissions
 

State of Maryland, 1969 (Inactive)
Supreme Court of the United States, 1974
U.S. Tax Court, 1982
District of Columbia, 1984 (Inactive)
State of California, 1988
State of Arizona, 2011
 

Special Bar Admissions
 

State of Georgia, U.S. District Court
State of Virginia, Trial 
State of South Carolina, Trial and Appellate
 

Employment
 

Law Clerk, Judge Thomas J. Kenny, Circuit Court for
Baltimore City, 1967-1969
Law Clerk, Judge William J. O'Donnell, Circuit Court for
Baltimore City, 1969
Steinberg, Spector & Brotman, 1969-1971
Freishtat, Schwartz & Sandler, 1971-1981
Schwartz & Bloomberg, P.A. 1981-2009
Michael L. Schwartz, P.L.L.C. 2011 to present
 

Legal Experience
 

Over 48 years experience as an attorney in civil litigation with  emphasis in real estate, commercial, and construction litigation in the  state and federal courts of Maryland, District of Columbia, South  Carolina, Virginia and Georgia
 

Appellate practice before state and federal courts
 

Founding co-chairman of the Construction Litigation Section of Litigation Committee of the Maryland Bar 
Association
 

Association
 

Former member of the Section of Litigation of the Maryland Bar Association
 

Former member of the Litigation Section, Family Law Committee of the Maryland Bar Association
 

Former Member of the American Bar Association
 

Former Member of the Litigation Section, Construction Litigation Committee of the American Bar Association
 

Former Member of the Litigation Section, Business Torts Committee of the American Bar Association
 

Former Member of the Litigation Section, Commercial and Business Committee of the American Bar Association
 

Member of the Litigation Section, Arizona Bar Association
 

Member of the Council of Solo Practitioner's and Small Firm Section of the Arizona Bar Association
 

Member of Arizona Jewish Lawyers Association
 

Member of  Maricopa County Bar Association
 

Member of Litigation Section of the Maricopa Bar Association
 

Member of the Construction Litigation Section of the Maricopa County Bar Association.
 

Mediation and Arbitration Experience
 

Over 35 years experience in civil and construction arbitration and  mediation, both as an advocate and as a neutral in Maryland, North  Carolina, South Carolina, New York and the District of Columbia
 

Over 25 years service American Arbitration Association Commercial Panel  as an arbitrator with emphasis on construction and commercial disputes
 

Former facilitator Circuit Court for Howard County Maryland
 

Former facilitator District Court of Maryland for Howard County
 

Former member List of Civil Mediators, Circuit Court for Howard County, Circuit Court for Anne Arundel
County and Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Maryland
 

Former member Maryland Program for Mediator Excellence
 

Member of the Litigation Section, Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the American Bar Association
 

Certificates of Training: (1) American Arbitration Association Construction Industry Arbitrator Training Workshop;
 

(2) Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers 40 Hour Mediation Training Program;
 

(3) Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers  Dispute Resolution Procedures in Commercial and Construction Disputes;
 

(4) Maryland Council for Dispute Resolution Master Training Series