Kaufman & Company Opens Washington, DC Office

WASHINGTON, DC – Kaufman & Company LLC, a national trial and business litigation law firm, has opened a Washington, DC office – Kaufman Schwartz & Company PLLC – and welcomes Attorney Kip Schwartz as Member, effective April 1st.  This will bring the number of offices to three, with existing offices in Cleveland, Ohio and New York City.  Mr. Schwartz will lead the firm’s new Washington, DC office as the Member in Charge, and will also lead client work out of the New York City office.  With more than three decades of experience, Mr. Schwartz focuses his practice on plaintiff professional liability, fiduciary duty, complex commercial, partnerships and trade secret litigation. The DC office is located at 1010 Wisconsin Avenue NW, Suite 540.

“The firm’s growing practice requires us to add First Chair trial experience for some of the significant work in New York and other jurisdictions around the country.  Kip brings substantial jury and bench trial experience to the firm at a time when there is an increasing demand for those services in all of the key areas of the firm’s practice,” says Steve Kaufman, Managing Member of Kaufman & Company.

“Washington DC is a prime legal market, and now Kaufman & Company has offices in the three key areas that are experiencing and uptick in high-stakes litigation,” Mr. Schwartz comments. “Joining Kaufman & Company is an exciting opportunity and I look forward to bolstering the firm’s presence in both New York and DC.”

Most recently, Mr. Schwartz was a partner at Thompson Hine LLP’s Washington, DC office and subsequently, Schwartz & Associates. Mr. Schwartz is a graduate of Hamilton College and the New York Law School, and is admitted to practice in both the District of Columbia and New York.

In the 1980s, he served as a trial attorney for the Federal Trade Commission, leading federal court litigation teams responsible for prosecution of civil fraud cases.  In this capacity, he served as counsel to the Justice Department and various state attorney generals in criminal prosecutions of FTC respondents.

The firm’s offices in Cleveland, New York and Washington will include five partners and five other lawyers bringing, the firm’s total number of attorneys to 10.