Background
Schwartz, Richard A. was born on October 5, 1953 in Galveston, Texas, United States.
Schwartz, Richard A. was born on October 5, 1953 in Galveston, Texas, United States.
University of Texas (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1975). University of Houston (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Worked at Schwartz Junell Campbell & Oathout, Limited liability partnership (Houston, Texas) specializing in General Practice including Admiralty, Business and Commercial Litigation, Consumer, Energy, Engineering and Construction, Employment, Environmental, General Civil Litigation, Insurance Defense and Coverage and Intellectual Property Law. Admitted to the bar, 1979, Texas, United States. District Court, Northern, Southern, Western and Eastern Districts of Texas, United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and United States.
Supreme Court.
Company-Author: "Unfair Claims Settlement Practices," Continuing Legal Education Section of the Houston Bar Association, 1987. Faculty Member, Continuing Legal Education of the Bar, Houston Bar Association, 1987.
Lecturer, "Terminating the Subcontractor" at a Continuing Legal Education seminar, September 1989 on the Recent Developments in Construction and Engineering Law. Lecturer and Company-Author: "Recent Court Decisions: An Update 1990-1991" at Greater New Orleans Barge Fleeting Association River and Marine Industry Seminar, September 1991, 1993, 1994 and 1995.
Lecturer: "How to Prepare for Your Deposition" at Houston Claims Association, October 1991.
"The Basic Insurance Policies", Participant Four: General Umbrella, Continuing Legal Education, University of Houston, 1993, 1994 and 1995. "Insurance Bad Faith, The Defense Perspective" for Houston Claims Association, 1995. "Advanced Civil Litigation - and Insurance Litigation - Coverage Disputes," University of Houston, 1997.
Briefing Attorney, Federal District Judge, Hugh Gibson, Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division, 1979-1981.
Member: Houston (Secretary, Consumer Law Section, 1989-1990) and American Bar Associations. State Bar of Texas; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Defense Research Institute. Federal Bar Association, Houston Chapter (Director).
College of the State Bar of Texas ( 1993-1996).
American Inns of Court (Founding Fellow). Garland Walker Inn (Executive Director and Member, Executive Committee). Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation.
Texas Bar Foundation.
Formerly Schwartz, Campbell & Oathout, Limited liability partnership, the firm is experienced in Jury and Non Jury Trials before Texas state and federal District Courts and appeals to the appellate courts of Texas and United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Additionally we are experienced in Alternative Dispute Resolution, including Summary Jury Trials, Arbitration and Mediation.
The firm"s support facilities include modern word processors, West law, and the firm"s law library, which provides full legal research capability. Computerized litigation and corporate support services for complex cases and projects involving voluminous documents and numerous witnesses are available.
"Unfair Claims Settlement Practices," Continuing Legal Education Section of the Houston Bar Association, Faculty Member, Continuing Legal Education of the Bar, Houston Bar Association, since 1987. Lecturer, Terminating the Subcontractor" at a Continuing Legal Education seminar, September 1989 on the Recent Developments in Construction and Engineering Law. Briefing Attorney, Federal District Judge, Hugh Gibson, Southern District of Texas, Galveston Division, 1979-1981.
Member, Continuing Legal Education of the Bar, Houston Bar Association, 1987. Lecturer, "Terminating the Subcontractor" at a Continuing Legal Education seminar, September 1989 on the Recent Developments in Construction and Engineering Law. Lecturer and; Fellow: Houston Bar Foundation.
Texas Bar Foundation.