Irwin B. Schwartz | BLA Schwartz

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Irwin is the principal of BLA Schwartz, managing the Boston, Westwood (MA), New York, and Los Angeles offices. Irwin began his career in 1986 with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom in New York City, after which he was a resident in Skadden's San Francisco and Boston offices. In 1994, he started his own litigation boutique firm in Boston, which opened offices in New York City in 2006, and Westwood (MA) and Los Angeles in 2007. Irwin continues his practice in Massachusetts, California and New York, with a principal focus on technology and corporate litigation and arbitration. Irwin resides with his wife and two kids.

Admitted to Practice

Massachusetts (1987)
New York (1987)
United States District Court, District of Massachusetts (1987)
United States District Court, Southern District of New York (1987)
United States District Court, Eastern District of New York (1987)
California (1989)
United States District Court, Northern District of California (1989)
United States District Court, Central District of California (1990)
United States Supreme Court (1994)
United States District Court, Northern District of New York (1997)
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit (2000)
United States District Court, District of Colorado (1999)
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (2002)
United States District Court, Southern District of California (2004)
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit (2006)
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (2007)
United States District Court, Eastern District of Michigan (2008)
Michigan (2012)

Employment History

Principal, BLA Schwartz, PC (November 2006 to present)
Partner, Petrie Schwartz LLP (January 2004 to November 2006)
Partner, Schwartz and Nystrom, LLC (February 1994 to December 2003)
Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in New York, San Francisco and Boston (September 1986 to February 1994)

EDUCATION

Boston College School of Law

Juris Doctorate (May 1986)
Magna Cum Laude
Articles Editor, International and Comparative Law Review (1985-86)
Member of Boston College Law School Administrative Law Moot Court Team, National Champions (1986)
Editor in Chief, Alleger Boston College Law School newspaper (1983-84)

University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Bachelor of Arts, Political Science (May 1982)
Summa Cum Laude
Journalistic Studies, Magna Cum Laude

Published Opinions (Partial List)

Angel Learning, Inc. v. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Pub. Co., No. 1259-LJM-JMS, 2010 WL 3211057 (S.D. Ind. Aug. 13, 2010) (representing Houghton Mifflin).
Art Tech. Grp., Inc. v. Puritan’s Pride, Inc., No. 09-11937-PBS, 2010 WL 2292344 (D. Mass. May 27, 2010) (representing Art Technology Group).
Fox v. Riverdeep, Inc., No. 07-13622, 2009 WL 1506670 (E.D. Mich. May 26, 2009) (representing Riverdeep).
UFCW Local 880-Retail Food Emp’rs Joint Pension Fund v. Newmont Mining Corp., Civ Nos. 05-cv-01046-MSK-BNB, 05-cv-01100-MSK-CBS, 05-cv-01141-MSK-BNB, 2008 WL 4452332 (D. Colo. Sept. 30, 2008) (representing individual shareholder).
In re Sapient Corp. Deriv. Litig., 555 F. Supp. 2d 259 (D. Mass. May 29, 2008).
Atlantech Inc. v. Am. Panel Corp., 540 F. Supp. 2d 274 (D. Mass. Mar. 24, 2008) (representing Atlantech).
Royal Ins. Co. v. Bos. Beer Co., Inc., No. 04cv2295, 2007 WL 1072166 (N.D. Ohio Apr. 5, 2007) (representing Boston Beer).
Riverdeep Interactive Learning, Ltd. v. MPS Multimedia, Inc., No. 06-5597-CW, 2006 WL 3797962 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 22, 2006) (representing Riverdeep).
Mass. Bay Ins. Co. v. Bos. Beer Co., 21 Mass. L. Rptr. 633, 2006 WL 3721237 (Mass. Super. Ct. Dec. 8, 2006) (representing Boston Beer).
Savor, Inc. v. Upromise, Inc., No. Civ. A C-10-149JRS, 2004 WL 1965869 (Del. Super. Ct. Aug. 16, 2004) (representing Upromise).
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic v. U.S. Life Ins. Co., 42 F. App’x 474 (1st Cir. July 29, 2002) (representing U.S. Life).
Med. Group Fin. Servs., Inc. v. U.S. Life Ins. Co., 204 F.R.D. 22 (D. Mass. Nov. 7, 2001) (representing U.S. Life).
Microsystems Software, Inc. v. Scandinavia Online AB, 98 F. Supp. 2d 74 (D. Mass. Mar. 28, 2000) aff’d 226 F.3d 35 (1st Cir. 2000) (representing Microsystems).