Gerald SchwartzbachMr. Schwartzbach, a trial lawyer for over 45 years, is listed in Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, The Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, and the Marquis publications Who's Who in the World, Who's Who in America and Who's Who in Americn Law.
Mr. Schwartzbach is a recipient of the Skip Glenn Award, presented for outstanding service in defense of a client by California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, a statewide organization of over 2,000 criminal defense attorneys. In 2009 Mr. Schwartzbach was named Distinguished Advocate by the Advisory Board of the Heafey Center for Trial and Appellate Advocacy at Santa Clara University School of Law, an honor shared with, among others, Richard Racehorse Haynes, Shirley Hufstedler, Albert Kreiger, Stephen Bright, Charles Ogletree, Barry Scheck, and Johnnie Cochran.
Included among his clients have been the actor Robert Blake, civil rights activist Stephen Bingham, NLP co-founder Richard Bandler, organ transplant surgeon Dr. Hootan Roozrokh and All-Pro football player Marshawn Lynch. Also of note, Mr. Schwartzbach persuaded the California Supreme Court to require two lawyers for any criminal defendant facing a potential sentence of death.
In addition to his trial work, Mr. Schwartzbach has lectured extensively on a variety of subjects related to trial practice and the criminal justice system. He has spoken to audiences at seminars and meetings sponsored by numerous legal and non-legal organizations.
Mr. Schwartzbach has also testified in capital murder habeas corpus proceedings as an expert on the competence of counsel, and has served on the boards of numerous professional organizations. Read More Read Less