Benjamin Schwartz
Ben Schwartz is an American jury trial lawyer. He frequently represents plaintiffs in catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death cases. He also represents the accused in criminal cases and represents physicians and other medical treatment providers in licensing and other litigation matters.
Ben is the Managing Partner of Schwartz & Schwartz, Attorneys at Law, P.A., a law firm with offices in the mid-Atlantic region of the United States. He is licensed to practice in Delaware, Maryland, and D.C.
Ben is the Chairman of the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection, an arm of the Delaware Supreme Court.
Ben graduated with his Juris Doctor Magna Cum Laude in 2001 from New York Law School and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1997 from the University of Delaware. He is a 1993 graduate of Dover High School in Dover, Delaware.
Ben has been selected by his peers for recognition in publications such as Best Lawyers in America, Super Lawyers Magazine, and Delaware Today Top Lawyers.
Ben meets with clients in the firm’s Wilmington, DE, Dover, DE, Salisbury, MD, and Baltimore, MD offices.
Phone: 855-847-8437
Email: Ben.Schwartz@SchwartzandSchwartz.com
Primary Areas of Practice
(90% or more of Ben’s practice is devoted to the following):
- Personal injury
- Wrongful death
- Commercial truck and tractor-trailer accidents
- Motorcycle accidents
- Dangerous dog attacks
- Medical Malpractice
Other Areas of Practice
(less than 10% of practice is devoted to the following):
- Health Law
- White-collar criminal defense
- Mediation
- Arbitration
Recent Speaking Engagements
- Personal Injury Litigation, Secrets and Insider Tips, National Business Institute, August 28, 2019, New Castle, Delaware.
- Litigating Civil Cases from Start to Finish, National Business Institute, July 30, 2019, New Castle, Delaware.
- Traumatic Brain Injury Cases: Doctor and Attorney Perspectives, Ethical Considerations for Personal Injury Attorneys, National Business Institute, December 7, 2018, in New Castle, Delaware.
- Panel Discussion: Arms of the Court – Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection, Delaware Supreme Court Pre-Admission Conference, November 16, 2018, November 17, 2017, Wilmington, Delaware.
- Legal Ethics: Attorney Fees and Client Funds, National Business Institute, December 18, 2017, in Dover, Delaware, and December 20, 2017, in Wilmington, Delaware.
- Case Law Update, Delaware Trial Lawyers Association, Annual Convention, June 2016, June 2017, June 2018, June 2019, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.
- Deposing the Defendant’s Medical Examiner in Personal Injury Cases, Preparing for and Conducting the Deposition, Leveraging Deposition Admissions at Settlement or Trial, Strafford, October 14, 2014, via Webinar.
Bar Admissions
- Bar of the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware
- United States District Court for Delaware
Third Circuit Court of Appeals - Court of Appeals of Maryland
- District of Columbia Bar
Bar Journals
- http://media.dsba.org/images/stories/December2015DSBABarJournal.pdf
- http://media.dsba.org/Publications/BarJournal/2015-2016/March2016DSBABarJournal.pdf
- http://media.dsba.org/Publications/BarJournal/2015-2016/June2016DSBABarJournal.pdf
- http://media.dsba.org/Publications/BarJournal/2015-2016/October2016DSBABarJournal.pdf
- http://media.dsba.org/Publications/BarJournal/2016-2017/January2017DSBABarJournal.pdf
- http://media.dsba.org/Publications/BarJournal/2016-2017/April2017DSBABarJournal.pdf
- http://media.dsba.org/Publications/BarJournal/2016-2017/July-August2017DSBABarJournal.pdf
- http://media1.dsba.org/public/Publications/BarJournal/November2017DSBABarJournal.pdf
- http://media1.dsba.org/public/Publications/BarJournal/February2018DSBABarJournal.pdf
- http://media1.dsba.org/public/Publications/BarJournal/May2018DSBABarJournal.pdf
Education
- Dover High School (class of 1993)
- The University of Delaware, Bachelors Degree in Business Administration (1997)
- New York Law School, graduated Magna Cum Laude (2001)