James C. "Jim" Schwartzman

Stevens & Lee, PC

Recognized since 2007

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Practice Areas

Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law

Legal Malpractice Law - Defendants

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EDUCATION

LAW SCHOOL

Villanova University School of Law
Degree: Juris Doctor (cum laude) May, 1972
Class Rank: 7th out of 157
Honors: Villanova Law Review (Associate Editor)
Order of the Coif (National Legal Honorary)
Graduated with Honors (cum laude)
Publications: Comment, Adopted Children in Pennsylvania: A Class Without Clause, 17 Villanova Law Review 1066 (1972)

COLLEGE

Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri 63130
Degree: A.B. in Psychology (May, 1967)
Honors: Honors Course in Economics

EMPLOYMENT

2005-Present Shareholder in Law Firm of Stevens & Lee
Chair, Ethics and Professional Responsibility Group
Litigation practice with emphasis on Ethics and Professional Responsibility. 1992 – 2005 Private Practice;
Law Office of James C. Schwartzman & Associates
engaged in general practice of law with emphasis on litigation, ethics and professional responsibility matters. 1977-1992 Private Practice;
Senior shareholder in law firm of Schwartzman & Hepps;
engaged in general practice of law with emphasis on litigation, ethics and professional responsibility matters. 1974 – 1977 Assistant United States Attorney
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1972 – 1974 Law Clerk to Honorable J. William Ditter, Jr.
United States District Judge (E.D. of Pa)

ADMITTED TO PRACTICE

Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
United States Court of Appeals – Third Circuit
United States District Court (E.D. Pa)
United States District Court (M.D. Pa)
United States Tax Court
United States Court of Claims

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

Pennsylvania Bar Association
Philadelphia Bar Association
American Trial Lawyers Association
Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association
Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association
Association of Professional Responsibility Lawyers

OTHER

Court of Judicial Discipline, (Retired)
Judge, 2018 – 2022
President Judge – 2021 to 2022
Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania,
Chairman, 1986 - 1987
Vice-Chairman, 1985 - 1986
Member, 1983 - 1989
Continuing Loral Education Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Chairman, 1996 - 1999
Vice-Chairman, 1992 - 1995
Member, 1992 - 1999
Interest on Lawyers Trust Account (IOLTA) Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Chairman, 2013 ‑ 2014
Vice-Chairman, 2012
Member, 2008 ‑ 2014
Judicial Conduct Board of Pennsylvania
Chairman, 2016 - 2018
Vice-Chairman, 2015
Member, 2014 ‑ 2018
Villanova Law School Girard-diCarlo Center for Ethics, Integrity and Compliance
Board Member, 2019 - Present
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Board of Directors, 1991 - 2015
Independence Blue Cross Board of Directors
Board of Directors, 1993 - 2019
Ethics Director; American Electronic Laboratories, Inc.
National Heritage Life Insurance Company:
Appointed by the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Delaware to oversee the liquidation of approximately Five Hundred Million ($500,000,000,00) Dollars of real estate assets of an insolvent Insurance company.
Trustee, 1997 - 2001
Committee of Seventy; 2002‑2015
Non‑partisan, non‑profit organization of concerned citizens founded in 1904 and dedicated to research, education, and concerted action in the interest of good government
Instructor:Attorney General’s Advocacy Institute United States Department of Justice;
Lecturer: Temple University Graduate Law School;
Received various awards, honors and commendations from United States Department of Justice
AV Preeminent Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Appointed by Governor Robert Casey to Philadelphia Trial Court
Nominating Commission; 1987 - 1995
Member – Philadelphia Senatorial Judicial
Nominating Commission; 1987 - 1995
Pennsylvania Super Lawyer: 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2018; 2019; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Voted one of Top 100 Lawyers in Pennsylvania
Voted one of Top 100 Lawyers in Philadelphia
The Best Lawyers in America: Listed in the 2006; 2007; 2008; 2009; 2010; 2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016; 2017; 2019; 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Legal Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
Legal Malpractice Law – Defendants
2022 and 2015 Best Lawyers in America “Lawyer of the Year” – Philadelphia
Ethics and Professional Responsibility
Legal Malpractice Law
2019 Villanova Law School Award for Public Service

Contact & Links

Lawyer Page: https://www.stevenslee.com/professional/james-c-schwartzman/

Location

East Tower, 18th Floor
1500 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Education

Villanova University, J.D., graduated 1972
Washington University in St. Louis, graduated 1967

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Bar Association

Affiliations

COMMITTEE OF 70 - MEMBER OF BOARD
INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS - MEMBER OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS
SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (SEPTA) - VICE-CHAIRMAN AND MEMBER OF BOARD
SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA IOLTA BOARD - MEMBER OF BOARD

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