Robert A. Schwartz

In 2012 I received the award of Criminal Defense Attorney of the year by the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section. I am rated AV by the peer-reviewed Martindale Hubbell rating system, the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards. I am currently a member of the executive committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, Criminal Justice Section, and previously served as a member of the executive committee of the California State Bar, Criminal Law Section. I have been attorney of record through trial in 10 death penalty cases. In the past seven years I have made presentations to or been a panelist in seminars presented to the Los Angeles Criminal Courts Bar Association, the Indigent Criminal Defense Appointments(ICDA) program, and the Los Angeles County Public Defender's Office covering topics such as defending sex crime prosecutions, challenging search warrants, strategies in jury selection, techniques of cross-examination, stategies for working with difficult clients, and challenging Perkins(Illinois vs. Perkins) operations.