Attorney Profile
Frank Schwartz
Attorney & Founder
Attorney Frank Schwartz, who practices law in South Florida, focuses mostly on criminal defense. Mr. Schwartz takes great pride in having built a thriving and successful criminal defense trial practice in South Florida.
Over 100 cases in Federal and State Court are among Mr. Schwartz’s many trials and courtroom experiences. In addition to all felonies and misdemeanors, he has experience with white collar crimes, money laundering, Medicare fraud, drug possession and trafficking cases, computer and internet crimes, sex offenses, homicides, theft and burglary charges, assault and battery, DUI, grand jury investigations and proceedings, post-conviction relief matters, appeals, bond hearings, arraignments, sealing and expunction of records, administrative hearings, and professional regulation matters.
He was recognized as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer by The National Trial Lawyers in 2013 and 2022. Mr. Schwartz won not-guilty judgments for his clients in both State and Federal court, solidifying his enviable record as a successful criminal defense attorney. For the past 21 years, Mr. Schwartz has also gotten many additional favorable outcomes, such as charges being dropped without a trial and/or charges against his clients being reduced.
Background
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Schwartz was an Assistant State Attorney in Miami-Dade County, the third largest prosecutors’ office in the United States. In less than three years in the state Attorney’s Office, Mr. Schwartz was promoted to the highly coveted position in the Career Criminal Robbery Unit. There, in this select unit he prosecuted the most dangerous defendants that qualified to receive the toughest penalties due to their numerous prior criminal convictions. In addition to prosecuting hundreds of violent crimes, Mr. Schwartz prosecuted numerous homicides, home invasions, armed robberies, drug trafficking cases, as well as complicated white-collar crimes. After leaving the State Attorney’s Office, Mr. Schwartz worked a boutique civil litigation firm in South Florida where he focused his practice on representing corporate clients in business litigation. Since 2002, Mr. Schwartz has dedicated his practice in the area of criminal defense.
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