Michael Schwarz

Law Offices of Michael Schwarz

Michael Schwarz Business Law, Employment Law

Law Offices of Michael Schwarz

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Firm Summary

Michael Schwarz is a sole practitioner in Santa Fe practicing primarily in the area of employment and civil rights law. In 2008, he received the State Bar’s Professionalism Award, the state bar’s highest award. In addition to writing the New Mexico Appellate Manual (second edition), he also authored several publications, some of which have appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine and the Journal of the American Medical Association. He served on West Publishing Editorial Advisory Board for ten years. Schwarz was past chair of the Employment and Labor Law Section of the New Mexico State Bar and former president of the First Judicial District Bar Association. Schwarz served on the Rules of Professional Conduct Committee from 1990 through 2007 (chair 1999-2007). He is a member of the American Law Institute. He served as a consultative member for the Restatement (Third) on Employment and Labor Law and currently serves in that same capacity on the Principles of Government Ethics.

Work Experience

• Sole Practitioners – Michael Schwarz, Attorney & Counsellor at Law (1982 – 2020)

• Law Clerk to the Chief Justice – New Mexico Supreme Court (1981 – 1982)

• Supervisor – Churchill College, Cambridge University (1980 – 1981)

Education

• Cambridge University (DLS 1981)

• University of New Mexico School of Law (JD 1980)

• Oxford University (No Degree 1978)

Honors and Awards

• Lawyer of the Year in Employment Law –  Best Lawyers 2016

• Justice Pamela B. Minzner Professionalism Award – State Bar of New Mexico 2008

• Certificate for Maintaining Highest Ethical Standards – New Mexico Supreme Court 1995

• Certificate for Maintaining Highest Ethical Standards – New Mexico Supreme Court 1993

• Certificate for Maintaining Highest Ethical Standards – New Mexico Supreme Court 1992

• Best Lawyers of America –  Best Lawyers

• Super Lawyers – Thomson Reuters

• AV Rating – Martindale-Hubbell®