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 Donald
Jay Schwartz, Esq.
dschwartz@forchellilaw.com
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Donald Jay Schwartz (St. John's University School of Law,
1973) served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Nassau
County District Attorney's office, where he was a senior
trial attorney. He joined the Firm in 1977 and has developed
an expertise in all aspects of litigation, involving such
diverse areas as real estate, business contracts, corporate,
partnership, commercial landlord and tenant, employer and
employee rights, insurance law and personal injury. Mr.
Schwartz handled the landmark case of Mostow v. State
Farm Insurance Company (88 N.Y.2d 321) from the initial
arbitration award through his successful argument in New
York's highest court, the Court of Appeals. The case was
responsible for changing the law in New York with regard
to the interpretation of underinsurance clauses in insurance
contracts. Mr. Schwartz also manages all aspects of the
firm's litigation practice and is the recipient of Martindale-Hubbell's
highest attorney rating of A.V. He has been a Village Prosecutor
and often serves as a Judge for the New York Regional Student
Trial Advocacy Competition.
Mr. Schwartz serves on the
Board of Directors of the Transplant Recipients International
Organization (TRIO). TRIO promotes organ and tissue donor awareness and acts
as a support group for organ transplant recipients. He is the recipient of the
Court Officer's Benevolent Association of Nassau County's Jurisperitus Award.
Mr. Schwartz has been listed in Long Island Business News' Who's
Who in Litigation Law 2007 & 2008 and selected by his peers as a New
York Super Lawyer in 2010 & 2011 editions.
Mr. Schwartz is a member of the New York State
District Attorneys Association, New York State Trial Lawyers
Association, Jewish Lawyers Association of Nassau County,
New York State Bar Association, The New York Bar Foundation
and The Theodore Roosevelt American Inn of Court. He is
also a member of the Nassau County Bar Association and
serves on a number of its committees, including the Grievance
Committee, which is by appointment only, where he holds
the position of Vice Chairman.
Practice Areas: Litigation, Real Estate, Corporate
and Commercial, Tax Certiorari, Bankruptcy and Insolvency
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