About James Swartz

James A. Swartz is the Managing and Principal Attorney at Swartz & Swartz, P.C., a role he has held since joining the firm in 1993. His practice centers on negligence, torts, products liability, medical malpractice, wrongful death, and catastrophic personal injury cases, including traumatic brain injuries. He maintains a nationwide litigation and trial practice on behalf of severely injured plaintiffs and their families, with numerous million-dollar and multi-million-dollar results. He holds an "AV" Peer-Review rating (highest level) from Martindale-Hubbell and has been named a Super Lawyer by Boston Magazine every year since 2004.

A member of the American Trial Lawyers Association since 2008, he has been selected to the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Massachusetts. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles and book chapters on child, medical, and product safety, and has testified before the Massachusetts legislature on consumer education and safety issues. He also served on the Editorial Advisory Board for Trial Preparation Tools (James Publishing, 2009).

Practice areas

Education

Georgetown University Law Center
J.D., 1990
Tufts University
Undergraduate, 1987

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of Massachusetts, admitted 1990

Proven verdicts and settlements from other Boston firms

Lubin & Meyer
Lubin & Meyer
$40 million · $40 Million Verdict for Family of Boy Left with Cerebral Palsy After Five-Hour Delivery Delay
Sugarman & Sugarman
Sugarman & Sugarman
$30.55 million · $30.55 Million Verdict After Traveling Nurse Failed to Monitor Fetal Heart Rate at MGH
Thornton Law Firm
Thornton Law Firm
$300 million · $300 Million Settlement for Pension Funds Overcharged on Foreign Currency Trades
Breakstone, White & Gluck
Breakstone, White & Gluck
$56 million · $56 Million Verdict for Newburyport Man Left Amputee With Brain Injury After Amazon Van Crash
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
Sweeney Merrigan Personal Injury Lawyers
$450 million (sought) · $450 Million Wrongful Death Suit: Eversource Ignored Gas Leak for Three Years Before Fatal Maynard Explosion