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Schwartz Law is located in Downtown Las Vegas across from the Lloyd D George Federal Courthouse and near Container Park, offering easy freeway access to McCarran Airport, and the Las Vegas Strip. Schwartz Law has extensive experience in bankruptcy and restructuring, commercial litigation, corporate law, finance and banking, real estate and appellate matters.

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Schwartz Law’s mission is to provide exceptional legal services with professionalism and integrity for our clients and the Las Vegas valley community. We strive for a constructive and exciting company practice, while recognizing that our purpose is to meet our client’s goals.

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Samuel A. Schwartz

Samuel A. Schwartz, Esq.

Attorney and Principal

Athanasios Agelakopoulos, Esq.

Athanasios Agelakopoulos, Esq.

Attorney

Sasha Amid, Esq.

Sasha Amid, Esq.

Attorney

Emily D. Anderson, Esq.

Emily D. Anderson, Esq.

Attorney

Gabrielle Hamm, Esq.

Gabrielle Hamm, Esq.

Attorney

Brian A. Lindsey, Esq.

Bryan A. Lindsey, Esq.

Attorney

Lucas Mundell, Esq.

Lucas Mundell, Esq.

Attorney

Jason Thomas, Esq.

Jason Thomas, Esq.

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Ene v. Graham: A Landmark Case in Alter Ego Liability and LLC Veil Piercing

In 2024, the Nevada Supreme Court reviewed the case Ene v. Graham, which has become a significant point of discussion in the legal community regarding personal injury liability, the concept of “alter ego,” and corporate protections.  546 P.3d 1232 (2024).  The case...

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In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a powerful tool that can revolutionize the way bankruptcy attorneys operate. AI technologies have the potential to streamline processes, enhance accuracy, and provide invaluable...

Reversal of $78.75 Million Attorney Fee in T-Mobile Data Breach: Understanding the Eighth Circuit’s Approach to Reasonableness and the Lodestar Method

Introduction This memorandum addresses the reversal by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit of a $78.75 million attorney fee award in the T-Mobile data breach litigation. The primary issue is the reasonableness of the fee, particularly the use of...

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Bankruptcy Filings… The Roller Coaster Trend

Bankruptcy statistics from the American Bankruptcy Institute show Bankruptcy filings from all bankruptcy filings totaled 35,479 in the month of April 2023, this includes business and non-business filings. This is a 9 % increase from the 32,530 overall filings in April...

United Stated Supreme Court Rules Individuals Cannot Discharge Debt Incurred Through Fraud

United Stated Supreme Court rules individuals cannot discharge debt incurred through fraud, even when individuals were not the ones who personally deceived their creditors.

Unimpaired Creditors Must Receive Contract Or State Law Default Interest On Their Allowed Claims

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Remote Depositions by Subpoena: Issues for the “Zoom” Era

Depositions are an important part of the discovery process in civil litigation. They are the only opportunity provided to attorneys in litigation to question and elicit testimony on the record prior to trial. Not so long ago the norm for the taking of depositions was to conduct them in-person. The COVID pandemic instantly changed that. Though depositions have long been conducted remotely by phone or video conference, doing depositions remotely via “Zoom” or other video conferencing platforms became the dominant- indeed, for much of the pandemic, the only – means of conducting depositions during COVID.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Clarifies and Reinforces Holdings of 2004 In re Mirant Corp. Case

One of the requirements for confirmation of a Chapter 11 reorganization plan by bankruptcy courts is that “any governmental regulatory commission with jurisdiction, after confirmation of the plan, over the rates of the debtor has approved any rate change provided for in the plan, or such rate change is expressly conditioned on such approval.” 11 U.S.C. § 1129(a)(6).