Background
Hill Schwartz, Robert was born on April 11, 1934 in New York, New York, United States.
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Robert Hill Schwartz
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Colgate University (Bachelor of Arts, 1955). Emory University; New York University (Bachelor of Laws, 1958).
Career
Worked at Newman & Schwartz (New York, New York) specializing in Criminal Trial Practice. Admitted to the bar, 1958, New New York 1965, United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
1972, California.
Company-Author: with Alan Schachter, "Pre-Indictment Strategy for the Attorney-Accountant Defense Team in White-Collar Fraud Cases," Criminal Law Bulletin, Volume 15, Number.
3, 1979. Director, Victor A. Collymore Institute for Advanced Training in Arson Investigation/Prosecution, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, 1981-1982. Senior Trial Attorney, The Legal Aid Society, 1964-1966.
Assistant District Attorney, Queens County, 1966 and Kings County, 1973-1974. Chief Assistant Special Prosecutor for Nursing Homes, Health and Social Services, 1975-1978.
Counsel: Mayor"s Committee on the Judiciary, 1990-1993.
Second Judicial Department Screening Committee, State of New York, 1983-1989. Commissioner, New York State Commission on Criminal Justice and the Use of Force, 1985-1987. Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Criminal Courts Committee, 1980-1982).
New York State Bar Association (Member, Criminal Law Section).
State Bar of California. Federal Bar Council; National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (President, 1997).
New York Council of Defense Lawyers. American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Member, Criminal Courts Committee, 1980-1982). New York State Bar Association (Member, Criminal Law Section). State Bar of California.
Federal Bar Council.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (President, 1997). New York Council of Defense Lawyers. American Academy of Forensic Sciences.
