Born in Brooklyn, New York, Schwartz received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from City College of New York, Baruch College in 1955 and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1958.
[1] Schwartz was defense counsel for comedian Lenny Bruce, who was arrested in 1964 and charged with obscenity in connection with his standup routine at Cafe Au Go Go, a Greenwich Village nightclub.
Appointed Corporation Counsel when Koch became New York City mayor in 1978, Schwartz was credited with revamping the corporation counsel office, which was in disarray as a result of the city's fiscal crisis.
Stouffer alleged that Rowling had stolen material from her 1984 works The Legend of Rah and the Muggles and Larry Potter and His Best Friend Lilly.
"[6] On October 27, 1993, Schwartz was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Vincent Lyons Broderick.