[1] He earned a bachelor's degree from Duke University and a juris doctor from Harvard Law School.

Schwalb served as a law clerk to U.S. District Judge John R. Hargrove in Baltimore.

[3] In 2005 he joined Venable LLP, where he worked as the firm's vice chairman for four years and was subsequently partner-in-charge of the D.C.

[3] Schwalb ran in the 2022 District of Columbia Attorney General election to succeed incumbent Karl Racine.

[6] In 2023, Schwalb began investigating the political funding networks of Leonard Leo and Arabella Advisors.