• Detroit
  • Lansing
  • Oakland County
  • Ann Arbor

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Education

  • Harvard Law School, LL.B.
    Honors: cum laude
  • University of Michigan, B.A.
    Honors: with high distinction and with high honors in History; Phi Beta Kappa

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2290 First National Building
660 Woodward Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48226

Alan S. Schwartz

Vice Chairman
Partner

  • Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP - Past Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors.
  • Areas of concentration include business and succession planning, acquisitions and sales of businesses and general corporate representation.
  • Recognized by Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2003-2011, as one of America's leading business lawyers in the Corporate/M&A field; Chambers Guide adds:
    • "Alan Schwartz is particularly well versed in counseling some of the firm's most prominent private clients" (2009)
    • "Alan Schwartz advises on sales and acquisitions as well as business planning for private clients and businesses" (2010)
    • "Alan Schwartz is held in high regard for his representation of private companies" (2011)
  • Serves as general counsel to The Detroit Institute of Arts

Professional Involvement

  • State Bar of Michigan
  • Detroit Bar Association
  • American Bar Association

Community Involvement

  • Karmanos Cancer Institute - Chair
  • Detroit Medical Center - Board of Trustees
  • Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Detroit - Board of Governors
  • Clover Hill Park Cemetery - Vice Chair
  • Congregation Shaarey Zedek - Past President; Board of Trustees
  • Jewish Association for Residential Care - Former Member, Board of Directors
  • Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce - Former Member, Board of Directors and Executive Committee

Honors

  • Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2003-2011
    • Recognized as one of America's leading business lawyers in the Corporate/M&A field
  • The Best Lawyers in America, 1987-2012
    • Listed in Corporate, M&A and Securities Law
  • The Best Lawyers’ 2012 Detroit Securities/Capital Markets Law Lawyer of the Year
  • Legal 500 United States 2008
    • Listed as highly recommended M&A attorney
  • Michigan Super Lawyers, 2007-2011
  • DBusiness, Top Lawyers, 2010-2012
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated 
  • Featured in "Spotlight," DBusiness, October 2007
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