Robert A. Schwartz

Houston Texas

Mr. Schwartz received the LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating in February, 2008. The Peer Review Rating attests to the lawyer’s legal ability and professional ethics.

Executive Vice President
Managing Attorney, Houston & Missouri
Managing Attorney, Pharmaceutical Litigation

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Phone
(866) 715-1529
(281) 335-7744

Fax
(281) 335-5871

Email
bschwartz@galyen.com

Mr. Schwartz was born and raised in Galveston, Texas. Mr. Schwartz is the son of former State Senator and Mrs. A.R. "Babe" Schwartz. Babe Schwartz, also born and raised in Galveston, worked on every major legislative committee while in the House of Representatives and Senate.

Mr. Schwartz is a graduate of the University of California at San Diego and South Texas College of Law. He was admitted to the State Bars of Texas and Missouri, licensing him to practice law in every state court in the States of Texas and Missouri. He is licensed in every Federal District Court in Texas, and the Eastern and Western Federal District Courts of Arkansas. He is admitted to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in New Orleans, Louisiana, which court considers appeals from federal courts in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana. Mr. Schwartz is also licensed to practice law in the state of Missouri.

Mr. Schwartz holds memberships in the American Association for Justice (formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America), the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Houston Trial Lawyers Association, and the Houston Bar Association. After serving on the Houston Trial Lawyers Association's Board of Directors, Secretary/Treasurer, and Vice President, and President-Elect, Mr. Schwartz served as the Houston Trial Lawyers’ Association President in the October, 2004 – October, 2005 term. Mr. Schwartz then served as the President of the Houston Trial Lawyers’ Foundation from the end of his Houston Trial Lawyers’ Association Presidency in October, 2005 through October, 2007. A longtime board member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, Mr. Schwartz is also an invited member of its Executive Committee.

Mr. Schwartz started his legal career with his father's law firm, handling general civil litigation matters and representing clients' interests as lobbyists before the Texas Legislature. In 1985, Mr. Schwartz established his own law practice in Houston and maintained a successful, general civil law practice for the next 11 years. Mr. Schwartz’s general civil practice consisted of handling all types of personal injury cases, ranging from premises liability, motor vehicle collisions and product liability, as well as business litigation cases, cases involving violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act and of the Texas Insurance Code. During that time Mr. Schwartz was also “Of Counsel” to the long tenured and well respected Houston oil and gas law firm, Wilson & Johnson. Mr. Schwartz handled the business and oil and gas litigation matters for Wilson & Johnson's oil and gas industry clients.

In November, 2006, Mr. Schwartz entered mass tort litigation with the representation of approximately 680 plaintiffs in state court Brio litigation involving serious personal injuries and damages resulting from the development of a residential subdivision on a toxic waste superfund site in Friendswood, Texas. After the successful conclusion of that litigation, Mr. Schwartz worked on the Texas Tobacco Litigation as a member of Williams Bailey's Texas Tobacco Litigation team, participating in the discovery phase of that complex, federal court litigation, and later managing the law office established in Texarkana, Texas, by the five Texas Tobacco Litigation law firms for the trial of that case. The Texas Tobacco Litigation concluded on the eve of trial with a historic settlement with the tobacco industry agreeing to pay the state of Texas $15 billion over 25 years and to pay approximately $2.3 billion through 2003 to Texas counties and hospital districts based on their provision of indigent health care.

Thereafter Mr. Schwartz represented approximately 3,500 clients nationwide in the initial round of the Fen-Phen litigation. He expanded the pharmaceutical docket to represent seriously injured victims of other dangerous prescription drugs, over-the-counter remedies and dietary supplements. On March 1, 2004, Mr. Schwartz joined Bailey & Galyen to start and manage a mass tort pharmaceutical litigation department.

Mr. Schwartz has extensive, successful mass tort, pharmaceutical, state and federal consolidated and Multi-District Litigation (MDL), and trial experience. He brings with him an aggressive, ethical attitude, a proactive approach, and a strong work ethic in order to achieve our collective goal of providing the best representation possible for Bailey & Galyen’s clients.

Year Joined Organization:

2004

Areas of Practice:

Commercial Litigation

Mass Tort Litigation - Pharmaceutical

Personal Injury - Plaintiff

Product Liability

Bar Admissions:

Texas, 1982

Missouri, 2003

U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas

U.S. District Court Northern District of Texas

U.S. District Court Western District of Texas

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Texas

U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit

U.S. District Court Western District of Arkansas

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Arkansas

Education:

South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas

University of California at San Diego, 1976

Professional Associations and Memberships:

American Association for Justice (formerly known as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America)

Texas Trial Lawyers Association

Houston Trial Lawyers Association

President 2004-2005

Houston Trial Lawyers Foundation

Houston Bar Association

Past Employment Positions:

Law Office of A. R. "Babe" Schwartz, P.C.

Law Office of Robert A. Schwartz

Wilson & Johnson, Of Counsel

Williams Bailey Law Firm