Our matrimonial attorneys are active in negotiating and litigating divorce, separation, premarital agreements, property divisions, child support, spousal support, custody, and adoption. They combine extensive experience with the personal sensitivity necessary in these matters.

Our attorneys understand that most clients prefer to resolve their matrimonial difficulties on an amicable basis, and we pride ourselves in having significant experience negotiating equitable and just settlements whenever possible. We devote careful and meticulous attention to our clients and their cases, and we help our clients develop a case plan geared toward providing optimum results.

If you’re being charged with a crime in the state of New York, you need the best defense lawyer you can find to fight for you. You need someone who will do everything possible to protect your rights and freedom, and make sure you are treated fairly by a system that may have little regard for the accused. Schwartz Law Firm trial attorneys will fight for your rights.

You are innocent until proven guilty!

Counseling your survivors and assuring that the process is as efficient and inexpensive as possible is our goal when facing these difficult issues.

We work with your surviving family and beneficiaries to transfer the valued assets you have acquired during your lifetime. These services may include the probate of a Will, termination of a Trust, and transfers to surviving joint owners or to named beneficiaries. We will guide your family and beneficiaries through the income, estate, and gift tax issues which occur at death, and we will facilitate the re-titling of assets. If claims or disputes arise, we are prepared to litigate those issues in Court. Professional and compassionate representation is essential at a complex and emotional time for your family.

At the Schwartz Law Firm we are equally committed to being responsive to our clients’ needs and, therefore, make every effort to understand our clients’ business and concerns. We also believe that our clients should be fully informed, and thus ensure they are continuously advised on all matters. Our openness similarly applies to our billing procedures, where our advanced billing system allows us to itemize our fees so that our clients can easily track the work that is being performed.

Schwartz Law Firm will work with you to ensure the orderly transfer of your assets benefits your family and avoids unnecessary costs, taxes, and delays.

Companies grow through stages. Some of those stages are predictable. Many are not. As companies mature and develop, we are available with practical legal advice.

We will guide you through the formation and day-to-day operations of corporate and business entities. From international corporations to family-owned businesses, we can provide professional and savvy business legal services. Acquisitions, mergers, family succession planning, buyouts and buy-sell agreements can be evaluated and implemented.

Buying or selling your home or investment property? Seeking to conduct a 1031 exchange to avoid capital gains? Subdividing or developing your land? Applying for a commercial loan to expand or acquire a business, title and boundary? We are ready to provide professional real estate guidance and advice in a wide variety or real estate based transactions.
The primary goal of our Real Estate practice group is to provide legal assistance to individuals, realtors, corporations, and financial institutions in all phases of their investment.
Schwartz Law Firm represents numerous lenders in the mortgage industry, including Key Bank, HSBC, Wells Fargo as well as lenders who are headquartered outside of New York State. Our attorneys, with the support of skilled professionals, close loans throughout New York. We handle hundreds of bank closings and real estate transactions each year, working with lenders, brokers, purchasers and sellers.

Our goal is to provide a trouble-free closing process in the most timely, and efficient manner. We achieve this goal through our experienced attorneys and utilization of experienced closing support staff and advanced technology. The closing department’s intent is to successfully complete the transaction on your behalf in a judicious and proficient manner.

Schwartz Law Firm represents those who are faced with a breach of contract or other business issues. Our philosophy is to evaluate each matter as soon as possible so as to provide our clients with an early litigation strategy, including recommendations as to trial, dispositive motions or settlement. Through this approach, our clients avoid unnecessary litigation expenses. Consequently, legal proceedings in minor cases are kept to a minimum whenever possible, while heavy or high exposure cases are thoroughly prepared.
Corporate and commercial disputes, whether in arbitration or federal or state court require aggressive, skillful trial counsel. We will work with you or your company to obtain the results to which you are entitled!

The Schwartz Law Firm represents those injured as a result of the negligence of others. Our decades of courtroom experience and our state-of-the-art preparation puts our clients on a level playing field with the insurance companies and attorneys’ we’re fighting on your behalf. We put our clients’ best interests first and foremost, and our results prove it. In 2008, our obtained settlement of $1,500.000.00 for an injured client ranked third in reported settlement/verdicts among law firms in the Capital Region.