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Biography
Stephen Sidney Schwartz is currently a partner at Schaerr Duncan LLP in Washington, D.C, and is a nominee to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims.
Education and career
Schwartz received his Bachelor of Arts, with distinction, from Yale University and his Juris Doctor, with honors, from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was an editor of the University of Chicago Law Review. He started his legal career serving as a law clerk to Judge Jerry E. Smith on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
After his clerkship, he became an associate in the litigation practice of Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Washington, D.C. He then served as counsel at Cause of Action, a public interest law firm. He currently is a partner at Schaerr Duncan LLP in Washington, D.C, where he litigates civil, constitutional, and administrative law matters in federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court.
Nomination to Court of Federal Claims
On June 7, 2017, President Trump nominated Schwartz to serve as a United States Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, to the seat vacated by Judge Lynn J. Bush who took senior status on October 21, 2013. On July 25, 2017, the Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on his nomination. His nomination was reported out of committee by a vote of 11-9 on September 14, 2017. His nomination is now pending before the full United States Senate.