Ross
Schwartz
Schwartz Semerdjian Haile Ballard & Cauley LLP
101 W. Broadway
Suite 810
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 236-8821
ross@sshbclaw.com
Education
Law School/Year: McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific, 1982
College/Year: B.A., University of California at San Diego, 1979
Bar
Admissions
California; U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
Practice
Areas
Commercial, Corporate Business, Estate Planning, Intellectual Property,
Real Estate
Major
Cases
I generally represent entrepreneurs and all business entities of all
sizes, both publicly traded and not. Over my career, I have been involved
in virtually every aspect of business and real estate transactions,
including taking product from the development stage through trademark and
marketing and sales; buying and selling of businesses; real estate
development, including acquisition, development and eventual sale of the
property.
Professional Background
I am entering my 25th year in the practice of law. When I started, people
who had been practicing for 25 years were either dead or retired. This
gives me pause to think. I spent a good portion of my career as an
associate and then a partner with Post Kirby Noonan & Sweat. In 1998, two
of my Post Kirby partners, Dick Semerdjian and Jeff Haile, and I formed
our current firm. We dragged our associate, Jim Ballard, along with us and
eventually added his name to the firm as a partner. In 2003, a law school
roommate of mine, Kevin Cauley, also joined the firm.
Professional Affiliations
I serve as a moderator and participant in CEB’s Annual Recent Developments
in Business Law. I am also active in the Network of Leading Law Firms (NLLF),
which is both a national and international association of law firms. This
affiliation not only allows our firm to find local counsel for our clients
throughout the country (and the world) but also allows us to act as local
counsel for other affiliate members as needed.
Personal
Affiliations
As a graduate of UCSD, I have been active in the Alumni Association dating
back to 1983, having served as President several years ago.
Personal
Background
I live in Poway with my lovely (and forgiving) wife, Audrey, and our two
beautiful daughters, Sarah (age 14) and Hannah (age 11). Sarah was just
promoted to from middle school to high school and Hannah was just promoted
from elementary school to middle school. |
What is Top Attorneys?
The Transcript conducts a peer voting process to determine the best
lawyers in private, corporate, academic and government practice in San
Diego County in key categories. The categories have been selected to
represent the main areas of law practiced in San Diego County.
Who is eligible?
Lawyers in private, public, contracts or Federal patent practice that are
licensed in the State of California and/or the Federal Patent bench.
Lawyers in good standing with the California State Bar that have not had
any disciplinary actions leveled against them at any time in the past.
How are the practice areas determined?
Although the categories are very broad, they were created to reflect the
primary practice areas in San Diego County. We recognize that there are
many specialty practice areas among San Diego attorneys, but cannot
accommodate them all. Many specialty practice areas fall under the
existing general categories - for an in-depth look at the categories,
please see the Practice Areas Examples. If there is an overwhelming
request for additional practice areas, they will be considered for
possible inclusion in next year’s Top Attorneys.
How are nominations obtained?
E-mail invitations are sent to lawyers listed in the San Diego Attorney
Directory. Contact us to add or update your e-mail listing. Call for
nomination notices are also advertised in The Daily Transcript in print
and online.
May I nominate myself?
Attorneys MAY NOT nominate themselves.
What information will be required to make a
nomination?
Each attorney will be asked to nominate a lawyer (solo, in-house, firm,
government, academic) that they have had experience with in a professional
setting. We will need to collect information about each lawyer making the
nomination and the person they are nominating. The Daily Transcript will
need the name, firm/company, phone and e-mail of each party. Each lawyer
will be required to tell us why they are nominating the attorney in 100
words or less.
Will the information be kept confidential?
All information provided will be kept confidential from the person they
are nominating. The nominator MAY NOT nominate themselves. The Daily
Transcript reserves the right to contact any or all attorneys making
nominations to verify the nomination.
What happens once nominations are in?
The Daily Transcript will tabulate the responses. The top 25 nominated
attorneys in each of the categories will be considered semi-finalists.
What happens once the semi-finalists are decided?
The semi-finalists will be open to a peer voting process and the top 10
ranked attorneys will be considered the finalists.
What happens after the finalists are selected?
The Daily Transcript will publish a special publication called Top
Attorneys. Each of the finalists will be profiled in print and online.
Finalists will be contacted by The Transcript to 1. congratulate them on
their selection; 2. collect biographical information and a photo.
To see the complete section and results follow this
link: www.sddt.com/topattorneys |
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