Education

  • Harvard University 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

Admitted

Michigan

T 313.465.7574
F 313.465.7575
Detroit
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, 2003-2009, as a top lawyer in the Corporate/M&A field; the 2009 Chambers Guide adds, "Alan Schwartz is particularly well versed in counseling some of the firm's most prominent private clients."
  • 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, 2003-2009
    • Recognized as a top lawyer in the Corporate/M&A field
    • 2009 Chambers Guide adds, "Alan Schwartz is particularly well versed in counseling some of the firm's most prominent private clients."
  • The Best Lawyers in America, 1989-2009
    • Listed in Corporate, M&A and Securities Law
  • Legal 500 United States 2008: listed as highly recommended M&A attorney
  • Michigan Super Lawyers, 2007-2009
  • Featured in "Spotlight," DBusiness, October 2007