Susan J. Schwartz

Partner

Susan J. Schwartz

Partner

Susan J. Schwartz focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation. Sue is the former chair of the New York office’s Litigation Department, and she is a partner in the firm’s Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution and Insurance & Reinsurance Litigation Practices.

Representative Experience

  • Represented a ski pass insurance company in a multidistrict class action litigation brought by season ski pass holders, involving claims stemming from the COVID-19-related closure of ski resorts; succeeded in obtaining dismissal with prejudice, which was affirmed by the 8th Circuit.
  • Represented a credit union service organization that funded student loans for a for-profit university, in connection with coordinated settlements with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, multiple State Attorneys General, and the school’s trustee in bankruptcy.
  • Represented an insurance company in a corporate raid litigation; succeeded in obtaining summary judgment dismissing the case.
  • Represented a law firm involved in a fee sharing dispute relating to the prosecution of mass tort claims asserted on behalf of 9/11 first responders; succeeded in obtaining an arbitration award.
  • Represented an acquirer of a business in a dispute with its former shareholders concerning the parties’ rights and obligations with respect to certain litigation in which the business was involved; succeeded in obtaining dismissal in federal court, partial dismissal in state court, and summary judgment dismissing the balance of the state court case.
  • Represented a lyricist and composer in a dispute with a producer concerning the right to create a Broadway musical based on a motion picture.
  • Represented a reinsurance company in an action relating to the hiring of several employees who had been at a competitor and who were alleged to have misappropriated trade secrets.
  • Represented a monoline insurer of residential mortgage-backed certificates in disputes with the loan originator and loan servicer.
  • Represented an insurance company in an arbitration brought by the trustee of several trusts comprised of subprime automobile loans, concerning the terms and conditions of a risk default insurance policy.
  • Represented a secured creditor in a litigation with the debtor, involving case-within-a-case management, pension plan termination, and liquidation of collateral; succeeded in obtaining a series of partial summary judgments dismissing critical portions of the complaint.
  • Represented a partner in a sunglass company in an arbitration with his partner concerning rights to the company’s intellectual property; succeeded in obtaining arbitration award.

Affiliations

  • The Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Community Involvement

  • Member of the Northeast Regional advisory board of American Friends of Magen David Adom
  • Long-time member of the board of trustees of the Solomon Schechter School of Manhattan