M. Gerald "Gerry" Schwartzbach

M. Gerald "Gerry" Schwartzbach


Law Offices of M. Gerald Schwartzbach, P.C.

Recognized since 1989

Mill Valley, California

Practice Areas

Criminal Defense: General Practice

Criminal Defense: White-Collar

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A trial lawyer for over 40 years, Mr. Schwartzbach has been the recipient of numerous distinctions. He won the nationally publicized acquittals of actor Robert Blake, civil rights lawyer Stephen Bingham and organ transplant surgeon Dr. Hootan Roozrokh. He has successfully represented NFL All-Pro running back Marshawn Lynch. He also obtained acquittals in the murder trials of NeuroLinguistic Programming co-founder Richard Bandler, and Reuben Vizcarra, a Brown Beret charged with masterminding the murder of the Police Chief of Union City, California.

Mr. Schwartzbach’s accomplishments also include
  • the exoneration of Buddy Nickerson after 18 years of incarceration
  • pioneering the Battered Woman's Syndrome Defense
  • a denial of extradition based on a finding that Arkansas's penal system was unconstitutional
  • California Supreme Court rulings that felony defendants have a right to a preliminary hearing and defendants in capital murder cases have a presumptive right to two lawyers
  • a sex discrimination judgment for a female San Francisco police officer,
  • and a $295 million products liability verdict.

Location
  • 655 Redwood Highway, Suite 277
    Mill Valley, CA 94941
Education
  • The George Washington University, J.D., graduated 1974
Bar Admissions
  • California, The State Bar of California

Lawyer of the Year Badge - 2025 - Criminal Defense: General Practice
Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers® for:
  • Criminal Defense: General Practice, San Francisco (2025)
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
  • Criminal Defense: General Practice
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Special Focus:
  • Federal
  • Nonviolent Crimes
  • State
  • State and Federal
  • Violent and Nonviolent Crimes
  • Violent Crimes
  • White-Collar Criminal Defense

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