I’m Adam Schwartz. I bring a litigator’s perspective to eDiscovery consulting and document review management, alongside litigation, brief writing, and outside counsel services.
Claims, objectives, and risks.
Sources, review, and evidence.
Motions, negotiation, and trial strategy.
Representation from pre-litigation through trial, spanning business disputes, copyright, trade secrets, defamation, and employment. Project-based support for fellow attorneys, including briefs and depositions.
Discovery strategy, document review management, and practical support for counsel navigating complex evidence.
Ongoing counsel for creative businesses. Contracts, intellectual property, employment questions, and the decisions that come with running a company.
You need a litigator to assess the claims, develop a strategy, and help decide what comes next—from an early response through trial.
You are facing a substantial review, a difficult production, or messages scattered across email, texts, and collaboration platforms. You need a workable approach to the evidence.
The other side is not meeting its discovery obligations or complying with an eDiscovery order. You need help identifying the gaps and framing the next step.
You need focused research and writing support for a dispositive motion, an anti-SLAPP motion, or another consequential filing.
You want someone who knows the business and can help with agreements, employment questions, intellectual property, and the decisions that do not fit neatly into one category.
I connect discovery planning and review management to the decisions counsel needs to make.
Plan for the sources that matter: email, texts, Slack, and ephemeral communications, each with its own collection and review questions.
Experience leading dozens of reviewers, with a focus on the issues in the case and the evidence counsel needs.
Identify production gaps and frame a litigation response when the opposing party falls short of its discovery obligations.
Selected litigation, eDiscovery,
and advisory engagements.
Combined litigation defense, eDiscovery consulting, and document review management in a dispute over alleged hacking. Read the case story below.
Provided eDiscovery consulting and managed discovery in a complex commercial dispute between shopping mall landlords and tenants over fees.
Drafted successful summary judgment motions, demurrers, motions to dismiss, and anti-SLAPP motions on behalf of counsel in business, real estate, contract, negligence, defamation, trademark, and copyright disputes.
Defeated a defamation lawsuit against a global recording artist through an anti-SLAPP motion.
Obtained dismissal with prejudice of federal trademark claims concerning ownership of a historic lodging house’s mark.
Represented a client in a two-week jury trial involving real estate and defamation claims. After the jury deadlocked, the opposing party dismissed its claims, and the client dismissed their own, bringing the dispute to a close.
Negotiated an out-of-court resolution of a defamation lawsuit involving a music producer and a performer.
Negotiated settlements involving modest payments in multiple copyright infringement cases on behalf of clients who disputed the allegations.
Served as general counsel to a healthcare communications company for more than 12 years, handling transactions, negotiating agreements, and advising on contracts, employment, and intellectual property.
Served as production legal counsel to independent films shooting in New York, Florida, and California, and advised on distribution agreements.
Drafted numerous workplace investigation reports for a boutique workplace investigations firm.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Two individuals faced hacking allegations from the nonprofit they had formerly worked for. My role combined their defense with eDiscovery consulting and leadership of dozens of document reviewers.
The resolutionThe plaintiff’s discovery misconduct resulted in substantial sanctions. Before the hearing on the defendants’ summary judgment motions, the plaintiff voluntarily dismissed its case with prejudice.
Litigation and document review management in the same engagement.
For more than 12 years, I have served as general counsel to a healthcare communications company, handling transactions, negotiating agreements, and advising on contracts, employment, and intellectual property.
The continuityThe engagement reflects another side of my practice: an ongoing relationship that carries across individual agreements and legal questions.
Long-term advice across the life of a business.
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
My practice connects litigation, eDiscovery consulting, and business counseling, with a longstanding interest in music, film, and television.
I began my legal career at a global law firm in Washington, D.C. Today, my independent practice serves individuals, creative businesses, and fellow attorneys in Los Angeles and across Southern California.
I value open communication, a shared understanding of the work, and a practical approach to the decisions ahead.
I have taught continuing legal education programs for lawyer and paralegal associations on topics including:
The George Washington University
J.D., with honors · M.A., Security Policy Studies
Northwestern University
B.S., Speech, Radio/TV/Film
California · District of Columbia
U.S. District Courts
Central & Northern Districts of California
Interviews, articles, and industry appearances, collected on DocumentReview.Law.
For eDiscovery consulting, document review management, representation, or referrals.