Background
Schwerd, Robert M. was born on January 11, 1947 in West Long Branch, New Jersey, United States.
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Robert M. Schwerd
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Monmouth College (Bachelor of Science, 1969). Valparaiso University (Juris Doctor, 1974).
Career
Art Hill Ford, Incorporated. v. Callender, 423 North-East 2d 601 (1981), Supreme Court of Indiana (Plaintiff"s Counsel-Landmark Punitive Damage Case).Worked at Hilbrich, Cunningham & Schwerd (Highland, Indiana) specializing in General Civil and Criminal Practice in all State and Federal Courts. Trials and Appeals. Estate Planning and Probate, Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice, Real Estate, Litigation, Family Law, Criminal (Traffic, Misdemeanors and Felonies), Church Law, Municipal Government, Environmental Law, Admiralty and Shipboard Cases, Corporations, Banking and Creditor"s Rights. Admitted to the bar, 1974, Indiana.
1975, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Indiana. Company-Author: "Sexual Abuse of Minors. The Policy of the Diocese of Gary," 1993.
Member: National Diocesan Attorneys Association, 1987.
Priest Pension Board, Diocese of Gary. Former Lake County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, 1974-1978.
Participant Time, Public Defender Superior Court of Lake County, Juvenile Division, 1994. Member: Lake County (Member, Judicial Qualifications and Compensation Committee, 1988-1993, Chairman, 1992), Porter County and American Bar Associations.
Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association.
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association. Hilbrich, Cunningham & Schwerd has evolved from the original law firm founded by John F. Hilbrich in 1952 and has practiced continually in Northwest Indiana from said time. The firm does a large concentration of Estate Planning and Probate, Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice.
But also represents many community based institutions and businesses including Banks, Savings and Loans, Churches, Schools, Municipal Councils, Boards and Commissions and Medical organizations.
Hilbrich, Cunningham & Schwerd is a full service firm with a long civic and professional history.
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Membership
Member: National Diocesan Attorneys Association, 1987. Priest Pension Board, Diocese of Gary. Former Lake County Deputy Prosecuting Attorney, 1974-1978.
Participant Time, Public Defender Superior Court of Lake County, Juvenile Division, 1994.
Member: Lake County (Member, Judicial Qualifications and Compensation Committee, 1988-1993, Chairman, 1992), Porter County and American Bar Associations. Indiana Municipal Lawyers Association.
Indiana Trial Lawyers Association.
