Robert Schwartz
About Robert Schwartz
Robert J. Schwartz exclusively represents plaintiffs in employment, civil rights, and personal injury cases throughout California. He received a B.A. in English from the University of Michigan and attended the University of Oregon School of Law, where he earned certificates in public interest and public service law, pro bono, and environmental and natural resources law. He then served as staff attorney for a Bay Area environmental nonprofit before joining the firm. His first major case was the complex 130-plaintiff age discrimination matter that settled for $37.25 million after six years and two trials, for which he and partners Gary Gwilliam and Randy Strauss were finalists for the 2016 Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year award. Mr. Schwartz specializes in employment discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; whistleblower retaliation; civil rights; and personal injury cases. He serves on the board of the Alameda County Bar Association Trial Practice Section.
Notable case results
One hundred twenty-nine former Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory workers, most of them over 50, shared a $37.25 million settlement after a series of jury trials established that the lab breached their employment contracts during a 2008 mass layoff that followed privatization of the facility.
An Alameda County jury awarded $2.73 million to five test plaintiffs after finding that Lawrence Livermore National Security LLC violated its own inverse-seniority layoff policy when it cut more than 400 workers in 2008.
In age discrimination case involving 130 plaintiffs; finalists for Public Justice Trial Lawyer of the Year 2016
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
