Gerald Neal Swartz
Bar Admissions
- All New York State Courts
- United States District Courts (Southern District, Eastern District, and Northern District of New York)
- United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
Professional Experience
1994 to Present - THE SWARTZ LAW OFFICE
- Litigation of cases from inception to final resolution, including trials, verdicts, and appeals
- Specializing in insurance defense of personal injury and property damage cases involving elevator and escalator accidents, product liability, construction site and industrial accidents, electrocution, building collapse, fire, flood, and explosion
1978 to 1994 - Bower & Gardner, New York City (Partner as of 1984)
- Litigation of elevator and escalator accidents, product liability, industrial and major vehicular accidents, construction, electrocution, fire, explosion, flood, building collapse, and highway design
1975 to 1978 - New York State Court of Appeals
- Appeals Clerk and Confidential Clerk responsible for independent research, substantive reports, and administrative responsibilities
1974 - United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C.
1970 to 1972 - General Electric Corp., Design Engineer
Education
- 1972 to 1975 - Albany Law School of Union University, J.D. (Cum Laude), Albany Law Review, Justinian Society
- 1966 to 1970 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, B.S. Mechanical Engineering
Professional Societies
- American Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association
- Society of Automotive Engineers