Michael Adam Schwartz is a partner at Wolf Popper LLP. He is a 1988 graduate of Brooklyn College (City University of New York) where he received a B.S. cum laude in business management and finance. After graduating Brooklyn Law School in 1992, where he earned a Dean's Merit Scholarship, he has specialized in securities and antitrust class action litigation and shareholder derivative litigation. In 1993, he was admitted to the bars of the State of New York and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and in 1999, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Mr. Schwartz' accomplishments include Danis v. USN Communications, Inc. Et al., 98 C 7482 (SBC), a securities fraud class action brought against USN Communications, a start-up telecommunications company which went bankrupt within twelve months of its initial public offering. After years of contentious litigation in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware, Mr. Schwartz and his co-counsel were able to negotiate a $44.7 million settlement for the Class, which resulted in a cash payout to the Class of 36% of its provable damages.

Mr. Schwartz was counsel to the Seat Owners of the American Stock Exchange (the "AMEX") in connection with the 1999 merger of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. and the AMEX (Philipson v. American Stock Exchange, et al., 99 Civ. 4219 (DC)). As a result of the settlement of the Philipson Action, the AMEX Seat Owners received a cash payout of $30.5 million and the right to participate in the profits of the AMEX over a ten year period. In approving the 2004 settlement of the Philipson Action, Judge Chin of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York stated that, "The Settlement was negotiated with highly experienced, highly competent counsel on both sides."

In In re Select Comfort Corp. Securities Litigation, Civil No. 99-884 (D. Minn.), Mr. Schwartz was co-lead counsel on behalf of a plaintiff class in an action arising out of an initial public offering of common stock. The settlement achieved in that action resulted in the Class receiving a cash payout of over 30% of its provable damages.

Mr. Schwartz joined Wolf Popper LLP in 1998 and became a partner in 2003. He began his law career at Pomerantz Haudek Block & Grossman as an Associate specializing in securities and antitrust class action litigation and shareholder derivative litigation.