Robert A Schwartz

Recently one of my good friends called me frantically to ask my help to research an attorney as a result of a tragic accident his father was involved in that resulted in the loss of life and critical injury in a car accident. Due to media coverage of it there was a very real possibility that criminal charges would charged against his father. I spent that evening looking up all sorts of attorneys that specialize in criminal defense and found 3 very respected attorneys that I felt would be very competent by looking at their reviews in Martindale Hubbell. In addition I sought specific specialization in criminal law within the state and any additional qualifications to further narrow down my search. I emailed them to my friend and he went about and arranged interviews with two I came up and one that was a recommendation of his wife’s colleague who’s husband is a civil attorney. The first one we interviewed we felt was extremely competent and we discussed the various options and we were told that he use to work this particular court and knew the District Attorney since he started out in that division himself. His quote was $ 10,000 upfront and not refundable even if he could get the DA not to file charges. While we were impressed with his qualifications we still had two others to interview and Mr. Schwartz was the second one we spoke to. We spent about 1−½ discussing options and learned during our interview of him that he was recently nominated as criminal attorney of the year I believe for the Los Angeles Criminal Bar. In addition was also rated personally in Martindale Hubell with the highest rating you could get, and Past President of the Criminal Courts Bar Association. During our discussion he also stated that he would try and present our case to the DA and if the charges were not filed we would only be obligated for a much smaller retainer and if he went to trial we were told upfront that it would be amount that was very competitive with the first attorney we spoke with. Included in this fee though he was responsible for the private investigator that would interview the witness’s. We thanked him and walked out to discuss our perceptions knowing that there was a third appointment that very day. None the less by the time we reached the ground floor we spent about 20 minutes discussing it and elected to retain him. Not only did he do what he said, but he spoke on our behalf with the district attorney and insured that no charges would be filed. I believe that when you have so much on the line you will find no matter what choices are available it’s never pleasant to face criminal charges. I can’t recommend anyone as strongly as this man. His compassion, and results are top rate.