![]() In 2015, Schwartz moved to Cause of Action, challenging agency determinations that he considered abuses of discretion. Schwartz also joined noted advocate Christopher Landau in an unsuccessful appeal of a jury award against Avis Budget Group Inc. For example, Schwartz was part of the legal team for UBS Securities LLC in a case involving alleged violations of the Georgia Racketeering Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. In this capacity, Schwartz represented large companies in trials and appeals in federal court. įrom 2009 to 2015, Schwartz served as a litigation associate at Kirkland & Ellis. Despite rebuttals from federal claims attorneys and Chief Judge Patricia Campbell-Smith, Cotton maintained his blockade, and the Obama Administration was unable to fill any vacancies on the Court, leaving six of the sixteen judgeships vacant. Tom Cotton (R-AR), who argued that the CFC did not need any more judges. However, the nominations were blocked by Sen. Halkowski and four other nominees to the Court were approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously. was nominated for the vacancy by President Obama. On April 10, 2014, Thomas Halkowski, a Principal in the Delaware office of Fish & Richardson, P.C. The seat Schwartz was nominated for opened up on October 21, 2013, with Judge Lynn Bush’s move to senior status. Court of Federal Claims (CFC), an Article I court that hears monetary claims against the federal government. Schwartz has been nominated for a seat on the U.S. Ted Cruz in the challenge to his eligibility to run for president. ![]() In November 2016, Schwartz left Cause of Action to become a partner at Schaerr Duncan LLP., a D.C> Boutique Litigation firm, that, among other matters, represented Sen. ![]() After five years there, Schwartz was hired as Counsel at Cause of Action, a public interest law firm focused on FOIA and administrative law suits against the federal government. Office of Kirkland and Ellis as a litigation associate. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.Īfter his clerkship, Schwartz joined the Washington D.C. After graduating, Schwartz clerked for conservative Judge Jerry Edwin Smith on the U.S. with Distinction from Yale University in 2005, and immediately proceeded to the University of Chicago Law School, graduating with a J.D. Schwartz, Trump’s second nominee for the CFC, has even less experience, having been out of law school for less than ten years. Specifically, I called out Schiff’s youth, noting that he was only 38, and had spent less than thirteen years in practice. Stephen Schwartz believes that those who access important programs like Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid are ‘less than fully mature adults.’ These programs provide a critical safety net to ensure basic survival for millions of people, yet Schwartz believes they are “harmful” and not ‘a worthwhile goal for the government to undertake.’”Ĭlick here to learn more about Schwartz’s most extreme writings.Two months ago, I wrote on Damien Schiff, a nominee for the Court of Federal Claims (CFC). “It’s infuriating that these Republican senators are supporting judicial nominees who will cause such harm to their constituents. Schwartz has shown contempt for critical government agencies and programs such as Social Security and other essential social and health programs, as well as the people they serve.Īlliance for Justice President Nan Aron released the following statement: The Court of Federal Claims, called “the People’s Court,” is an important court that hears monetary claims against the United States deriving from the Constitution, federal statutes, regulations and government contracts. WASHINGTON, DC, – Today Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to advance the nomination of Stephen Schwartz to the Court of Federal Claims.
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