Deborah R. Schwartz
MANAGING Partner
Phone: 415-433-1064
Fax: 415-422-9966
As the Managing Partner of Baker Dolinko & Schwartz, Deborah leads the firm in case selection, strategy, settlement, litigation management, and conflict resolution. She joined BDS in 2013 after considerable success as a partner at an AmLaw100 law firm, where she led teams of attorneys and successfully resolved hundreds of individual and class action cases in the healthcare, retail, and manufacturing sectors.
Deborah’s intelligence, integrity, thoroughness and pragmatism are the foundation of her and the firm’s track record of success.
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Firm Management
Labor & Employment
Class Actions
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California, 2000
U.S. District Court Northern District of California
U.S. District Court Central District of California
U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit
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Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois
J.D. – 2000
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana
B.S. cum laude – 1996
Major: Psychology
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Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2009 – 2010
Super Lawyers, 2019-2024
Legal Services for Children’s Advocate Award, 2012
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Nixon Peabody, Partner (2011-2014) Associate, 2008 – 2011
Thelen, Associate, 2000 – 2008
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Legal Services for Children, 2008 – 2013
Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights, 2000 – 2008
