Joan M. Swartz,
Managing Attorney
Joan M. Swartz has twenty (20) years of experience in Business Law including Contracts and related transactions. Joan has represented corporations, public entities, partnerships and individuals; primarily on business related issues, throughout the region and has extensive trial and appellate experience in both state and federal courts throughout the region.
E-mail: jms@jmsllc.com
Primary Practice Areas
- Business Law and Business Litigation
- Contract Drafting and Contract Review
- Employment Contracts and Non-Competition Agreements
- Environmental Law
- Business Ownership Disputes
Bar Admissions
- Supreme Court of Missouri, 1987
- Supreme Court of Illinois, 1988
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 1988
- United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, 1987
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois, 1997
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, 1989
- United States Supreme Court, 1996
Education and Academic Honors
- J.D., Saint Louis University School of Law, 1987
- A.B., Saint Louis University, 1984
Representative Cases
- Tsai v. Orkin
- Buchman v. Terminix
Representative Clients
- Advanced Integrated Technologies Group, Inc.
- Weber Fire and Safety Equipment Company, Inc.
- Optima HeartCare, Inc.
Professional Affiliations
Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- President, 2002-2003
- President-Elect, 2001-2002
- Vice President, 2000-2001
- Treasurer, 1999-2000
- Secretary, 1998-1999
- Member Representative to Executive Committee, 1997-1998
- Member, Board of Governors, 1995-2004
St. Louis Bar Foundation
- President, 2003-2004
- Past President, 2004-2005
Young Lawyers’ Division Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis
- Chair, 1996-1997
- Chair-Elect, 1995-1996
- Vice-Chair, 1994-1995
- Treasurer, 1993-1994
- Secretary, 1992-1993
- Member of Board, 1990-1992
Project Angeltree
- Co-Chair, 1997-2002; Chair,
BAMSL YLD Habitat for Humanity Project
- Chair, 1996-1997;
United States Mediation and Arbitration – Midwest
- Trained Mediator,
- Member of United States Arbitration and Mediation Midwest Panel, 2001 – present
Missouri IOLTA Board
- St. Louis Representative, 2004 to present
American Bar Association
- Editorial Board, General Practice
- Member of House of Delegates
- Missouri Young Lawyers' Section Representative, 1997-2000
- Young Lawyers’ Division, Member of House of Delegates, 1993-1999
- Elected to Missouri Bar Young Lawyers’ Section District IX Representative, 1994-1998
Saint Louis University School of Law
- Adjunct Professor, Saint Louis University School of Law, Civil Practice 1994-2000;
Community Service and Awards
- Recipient, Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, YLD Award of Merit 1998;
- Recipient, Missouri Bar Young Lawyer’s Chair Award for Outstanding Service 1995; Appointed, Trustee of the Metropolitan St. Louis Sewer District by the late George “Buzz” Westfall, October 8, 2002-February 2005;
- Former St. Louis City Board Member, American Cancer Society;
- Former Guest Lecturer, American Red Cross;
- Former Guest Lecturer, Multiple Sclerosis Society;
- Former Chair, Career Day for Rosati Kain High School, 1995-1997;
- Former Chair BAMSL Literacy Committee;
Articles/Speaking Engagements
- Co-Author, First Statewide Domestic Violence Handbook published by Missouri Bar Young Lawyers' Division
- “Tax Treatment of Environmental Clean-Up Costs”, Missouri Environmental Law and Policy Review, Volume 4, No. 3, 1997
- St. Louis Lawyer, President's Page 2002-2003
- St. Louis Bar Journal, President's Page 2002-2003
- National Business Institute Seminar, Advanced LLC Issues in Missouri, Author "Case Law Pertaining to LLCs" and "Ethical Issues Related to Representing LLCs", July 2005; Speaker and Moderator UMKC 15 Hour Review of Law
- "Confidentiality and Ethics" June 2005;
- Speaker United States Arbitration and Mediation Seminar,
- Representing Employees in Arbitration and Mediation
- "Mandatory ADR and Its Impact on the Litigant", April 2005;
- Speaker Missouri Bar Solo and Small Firm Conference,
- "Current Issues in ADR", June 2002;
- Frequent Guest Speaker,
- U.S. Naturalization Ceremony
- performed by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 2002 – present.
Employment
- Law Offices of Joan M. Swartz
2000 to present - Herzog, Crebs & McGhee
Partner 1997 – 1999 - Lashly, Baer & Hamel, P.C.
Associate, 1987 – 19
Partner, 19 - 1997
For Fun
- Coming soon.
Born
- St. Louis, Missouri, October 8, 1962