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

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, 2003-2010, as one of America's leading business lawyers in the Corporate/M&A field; the 2009 Chambers Guide states "Alan Schwartz is particularly well versed in counseling some of the firm's most prominent private clients," and the 2010 Chambers guides adds, "Alan Schwartz advises on sales and acquisitions as well as business planning for private clients and businesses."
  • 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, 2003-2010
    • Recognized as one of America's leading business lawyers in the Corporate/M&A field
  • The Best Lawyers in America, 1987-2010
    • Listed in Corporate, M&A and Securities Law
  • Legal 500 United States 2008
    • Listed as highly recommended M&A attorney
  • Michigan Super Lawyers, 2007-2010
  • DBusiness, Top Lawyers, 2010
  • Martindale-Hubbell AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated 
  • Featured in "Spotlight," DBusiness, October 2007