CONTACTS
Tel: (805) 962-0011
Fax: (805) 965-3978
jts@ppplaw.com
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Complex Litigation
Environmental Litigation
Employment Law & Litigation
Construction Litigation
EXPERIENCE
Mr. Schwartz has handled a wide variety of disputed matters. His experience has involved complex multiparty litigation in numerous state and federal courts. He has handled cases involving employment discrimination, retaliation, and harassment; environmental law and water basin adjudication cases; business and commercial litigation; matters involving the hospitality industry; partnership and corporate matters; construction industry cases for public and private owners, as well as national contractors and suretys; and many other matters.
EDUCATION
- University of California at Santa Barbara (B.A., 1968)
- University of California at Los Angeles (J.D., 1974)
- Chief Articles Editor, UCLA Law Review
ADMISSIONS
- California
- United States District Court for the Northern, Central, and Eastern Districts of California, the District of Arizona, and for the Northern District of Texas
- United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth and Sixth Circuits
- United States Supreme Court
PAST MEMBERSHIPS
- The State Bar of California
- Santa Barbara County Bar Association
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Santa Barbara Zoo Board of Directors (President 2007-2008)
OTHER
United States Navy, Lieutenant (1968-1971)