I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.

I am so confused by the people who left bad reviews for this man..my experience with Mr Swartz was very professional, intelligent and capable. I was supporting myself and my 3 kids while I attended law school in Sacramento. I knew we would get along when he told me that I could have chosen a better law school...lol...I explained the situation and he immediately took care of all necessary procedures and completed my case in a manner that both was polite but aggressive at the same time. My ex-husband insisted that because I was attending law school I could not care for our children properly. Mr Swartz set up mediation, had surprise welfare visits for my children and then proceeded to take this case to the quickest custody trial I have ever witnessed. He put all investigators and government officials involved on the stand as well as expert witnesses. In proving that not only were my children taken care of but I maintained a 3.9 grade point average while doing so. I gave him a lot of dirt and ammunition to use against my ex and he assured me this case would be won on facts and merit alone and we would never have to stoop to such a level. I honestly couldn't have been more impressed. I now know that when my children might look up this case in the future they will see I never bashed their father and can hold my head high..Thank you Mr Swartz for a job well done with dignity, class and most of all having our children's best interest at heart.

When I read some of these insane reviews it tells me a lot about who wrote them. Because you might loose because you are a mental midget does not mean Mr. Swartz is a bad attorney. My bet is that all the information was not given to him. Any attorney that is blind sided will loose. Just remember that if you had not been a total dolt to begin with that you would not have had to hire an attorney. I have known Mr. Swartz all my life. Our parents went to collage together. I grew up with him. He was raised with a very strong Christian back ground. He never once said a mean word or was out of line the years we grew up together. In fact, I have never heard him use bad language. He is a very kind loving person. His brother is the same. I will tell you that I am 100 percent positive that no one was rude to any one at any time. It is not even in his make up. If you ever need someone you can totally trust it is Mr. Swartz. I will bet my life that he was never rude and that he has done everything he can to help his clients. The problems are with the client not telling the truth and being honest. It is the clients actions in the first place that have cause the problem. Some people don't realize whey they are the dolt and are the cause of the problems. I will go so far to say that Mr. Swartz's character is such that I wish he would run for president. We need a president with some moral values and respects our constitution.

Mr.Swartz and everyone in his office are the best! I recommend Mr. Swartz to everyone I know that has needed an attorney for any reason. He handled my Family Law case professionally and honestly. Very knowledgeable gentleman in more areas than just family law! The only attorney I trust implicitly!

I would give 0- if I could. Do your self a favor and run from this nightmare attorney. Me and my ex husband had agreed to are division of are assets and I related to Swartz that we dint want to battle in court. We wanted the divorce done in timely manner. He told me that the divorce would take about 6 months to 1 year at the longest. He drugged his feet kept going to court for what I don’t know and send me bills. I gave him the benefit of the doubt thinking he was very busy for 1 1/2 year. Paid him over $7,000 thousand up to that time. According to him I still owe him another $7,000 thousand plus for a uncontested divorce. I would like to donate the money that he unjustly charging me to the poor if I can find way. I stopped paying him after the 1 1/2 year to force him to move on with my divorce. That dint happen. I pleaded and cried for him to finish what I hired him to do so that I would move on with my life. He ignored me time and time over. I lessened about his trips to Europe several times and got charged for it. I brought it to his assistants attention but hi never credited me. Never responded to many of my emails and my concerns. He cost me a lot of money because he refused to withdraw from my case. I had to file petition to the court to have him removed from my case. I had to call Swartz to get him to respond to my ex husbands attorney over and over. My husbands attorney told my ex husband that when the judge asked why this divorce was taking so long Swartz told the judge that it was my fault. I was very angry to say the least. My ex husband knows the truth and he told me about it. This attorney is de honest. My ex husbands attorney had to finish what I paid Swartz to do. Swartz found out that my ex husband was sick and his assistant told me that they were hoping my ex husband would die before all was over with. I was in shock when she said that. I wish I new to had recorded her. There has been several clients of his that reported him to the State Bar including me and I don’t understand why the State Bar doesn’t do nothing.

I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess Swartz left me in. Once I gave over my deposit, it became very clear Swartz was incapable of helping me with my Divorce. My Ex used attorney who is less than half the cost of Swartz, and was 110% more effective in court. Swartz refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. Do yourself a favor and find anyone else!!!

He definitely seems to only be in this for the money. He comes to your hearing unprepared and makes you and him seem like a fool. I gave him a lot of money for him to only to show me how unethical and incompetent he is. I ended up with another attorney who helped me get things straightened out.

Only returned one of my phone calls. Never stayed in touch with me. Never kept me informed or updated on what was going on with my case (Though he promised he would). He happily took my $8000 for a grand total of maybe an hour and a half of work, and that's an extremely generous guesstimate of how much time he spent on my case total (including my meeting with him at his office). On the day of my court date, he had no information for me. It was more of a "lets wait and see" approach. I just couldn't believe that because I hired him roughly 6 weeks prior to my court date. So during that whole 6 weeks he wasn't able to find ANYTHING out or give me any information or assurances?! Luckily the judge was lenient and I didn't have to endure anything besides my initial court date. But the idea that this man would take my $8000 for that little bit of work is disgusting. And here (during my meetings with him) he told tales of how he was going to find out all the information he could so he could properly fight my case for me. HA! After all was said and done I never once heard from him again. No follow up whatsoever. No closure. Bottom line, I will never go to him again.

I was recommended this clown to handle my divorce case, and at our first hearing we (read "I") received nearly $900 in sanctions because of his failure to produce some documents during discovery and for his failure to communicate with the opposing Council about it. What the?. Then, at this same hearing, I watched in horror how completely unprepared he was. I hired Swartz because an acquaintance told me he was a "bulldog". In fact, I was totally embarrassed by him and for him. Helooked like a babbling idiot during the hearing as he stammered and stuttered and clearly couldn't remember the facts of my case. The opposing attorney came totally prepared, was totally professional, and ended up cleaning Swartz's clock. I was humiliated that day. The judge (a female) clearly didn't like him, and I paid the price. I was so frustrated with him that I fired him forthwith. He didn't care. By that time, he had received $4000 from me which is the only thing he cared about. His office staff is not frendly at all. One day as I waited for my appointment with him, I say him treat his staff extremely rude. This is probably the reason. I would never recommend this has-been to anyone. He obviously can't stop eating cheeseburgers and is about to have a heart attack. If you do hire him, be prepared to listen to a lot of old and boring stories and to look at photos of his grand kids on his ipad. Then, a month later, he will have forgotten that you know all his stories and you'll have to suffer through them again.

Mr. Swartz certainly has the background to be a great lawyer and he doesn't mind using the past to mask the fact that he doesn't have anything left. He likes to talk tough about what he knows and how he will deal with others who are opposed to you, but he can't deliver. He handled my case badly. His "certainties" about what would happen to me were completely false. He seemed to do only the amount necessary to get my case over (if that) and he has refused to finish the tasks he was hired to do. He will not return phone calls. He has never supplied me with a detailed bill of his services. I have to hire another attorney to clean up the legal mess he left me in.