In Re Disciplinary Proceedings Against Schwartz

Attorney disciplinary proceeding; attorney’s license suspended.

The Board of Attorneys Professional Responsibility (Board) appealed from the recommendation of the referee that, as discipline for his admitted misconduct, the respondent, Gerald M. Schwartz, continue psychiatric treatment and submit periodic reports to the Board concerning that treatment. The misconduct concerned Attorney Schwartz’s representation of a client with a personal injury claim and included his failure to advise the client of the date set for trial of the matter, his failure to meet with the client prior to the trial to…