Mr. Schwartz has more than 25 years of experience in the area of employee benefits law. He focuses his practice on multiemployer pension plans, employer withdrawal liability, and ERISA litigation.
Mr. Schwartz represents a number of multiemployer trust funds, including the largest Taft-Hartley trust in the United States, and he counsels clients extensively in the areas of fiduciary responsibility and plan administration. In addition, he has served as a court-appointed mediator in ERISA cases for the United States District Court for the Northern District of California and has litigated a wide variety of benefits and compensation-related cases in the federal and state courts.
Mr. Schwartz presents and publishes on issues related to multiemployer pension plans as well as other ERISA and qualified plan topics. He has presented on various aspects of ERISA litigation, benefit claims, QDROs and legal ethics.
Mr. Schwartz has spoken and written articles on ERISA litigation, withdrawal liability and multiemployer plan developments, records retention, executive compensation issues, retirement plans for nonprofits, and fair employment practices. Mr. Schwartz has been recognized by Super Lawyers magazine as a Northern California “Super Lawyer” each year since 2009. He has also been selected for inclusion in Best Lawyers in America in the practice of both Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law and ERISA Litigation. He is a past Chair of the Employee Benefits Committee of the American Bar Association’s Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Section and has been a member of the American Bar Association’s Joint Committee on Employee Benefits.
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