Brett Michael Schwartz

On 21 September 2015 I was arrested and thrown into a military prison. I was falsely accused of rape and domestic violence by my wife. I had been married for 8 years and was in the United States Coast Guard. I hired Mr. Brett Schwartz to defend or litigate a civil injunction/retraining order that my ...wife filed with the county. My wife stated that I was dangerous and abusive to her and my son. I highly recommend, Mr. Schwartz as he is very professional, genuine, and honest and will work diligently to litigate your case, quickly and efficiently with the best possible outcome. After spending 10 months in pre-trial confinement, I was found not guilty of rape and domestic violence by a military jury panel. I was returned back to service with the Untitled States Coast Guard. While I was in pre-trial confinement waiting for my federal criminal trial, Mr. Schwartz extended my civil injunction/hearing on more than 4 occasions until I was free form confinement. On 16 November during a 20 hour civil hearing, in Miami Fl, Mr. Brett Schwartz was able to litigate in front of a female Judge that my wife was a liar, vindictive, manipulative and a narcissistic person willing to do anything to put her husband in jail. Mr. Schwartz’s knowledge of the law and courtroom tactics was quite evident as he made relevant and aggressive objections to the opposing council on numerous occasions. His cross examination technique is impeccable and he was able to impeach my wife on multiple occasions. Brett Schwartz is without a doubt the best civilian lawyer money can buy and is an amazing speaker. Mr. Schwartz is a great “General” and will lead you into battle in the courtroom with honor and integrity and will give you his all. Mr. Schwartz was able to lead me to victory that day and the permanent injunction was denied by the Judge and she dismissed the case in my favor. Trust Mr. Schwartz to lead you to victory. Mr. Schwartz had the utmost respect, professionalism and trustworthiness during my court proceedings. He kept me very informed and genuinely cared about my case which made me feel safe with my decision to hire him. He is worth every dime I paid.

Hired Brett to take care of my son's problem and taking in consideration I was overseas at the time and found him through Avvo, let's say I was bit apprehensive of what I was going to get and if I was throwing my money away. But hey, I ended up hitting the lotto (and I can say that by bad experiences... I had with other attorneys I hired in the past for different cases) and Brett lived up to all of my expectations and more. He was not cheap, but boy he was worth every penny! What I liked the most was that he was available every time I called him and his assistant was on the money too responding to my emails promptly. My son's case was finalized and the outcome was pretty much what we anticipated. I definitely recommend Brett to anyone who is in search of an honest attorney (kinda a hard these days...) and hard worker and most importantly he is there for you any time you call.

Hi, my name is Rodrigue, In the beginning of December 2014, I got myself into some serious trouble with the law, I was looking at a maximum of ten years behind bars, but I do know a GOD who knows Mr Brett. and GOD directed me to Mr Brett, honestly I thought my life was done for the fact that I am no...t a us citizens, and three years before this I was ordered to be deported back to my country by in immigration judge because I didn't have proper document to stay in the U.S. and the prosecutor knew about my deportation status I was really panicking. To make a long story short Mr Brett accepted to represent me. Money was not an issue Mr Brett work out affordable monthly payment for me. Now that Mr Brett is representing me my hopes was to keep me out of jail maybe get probation or something But Mr Brett knows what best he said to me jail or probation will cause me to get deported. So Mr Brett said he's going to fight to get me a diversion program and he did. I can go on and on saying how great attorney Mr Brett is but how about you find out for yourself. I'm giving Mr Brett five star is because that's the most I can give, because of Mr Brett and his wonderful staff I have a second chance to fix my immigration status And for all your help Mr Brett, my family and I would like thank you in our native language, Merci beaucoup.

I don't recommend Mr. Schwartz. He is very disrespectful, untrustworthy and has a "my way or the highway" attitude. Mr. Schwartz willingly and knowingly missed a hearing in front of the criminal judge after his promises of attending the hearing. This was due to a conflict of interest as I hired... and fired someone at his firm to represent me with my divorce. After pleading with him, at the point of almost begging, he agreed to appear. But only if I agreed to pay him an additional $750 to attend a 15 minute hearing. His reasoning was that he only initially agreed to appear because Mrs. Williams was on the case. But since she is no longer representing me, he refused to attend. The only way he would attend was if I paid him an additional $750 on top of the thousands i already paid him. I attended that hearing alone, represented myself without Mr. Schwartz and prevailed. The final straw was when Brett Schwartz lied to me a second time. We had discussed that he would set witness depositions on separate dates. He agreed and notified me that the only concern he had was additional cost. I told him I am willing to incur those costs and he stated he understood and that he would schedule them separately. After this, he scheduled them on the same date without my knowledge or permission. When I confronted Mr. Schwartz, his response was very short, if I don't like what he's doing, "fire me and get another lawyer." I told him I was happy to, as long as he refunds me my money. His response: "Not happening". I have all of these on record as this conversation happened all through text simply because Mr. Schwartz refused to answer his cell phone. This is a good thing because I have every record of his temper, his disrespectful and unprofessional attitude, and finally his unwillingness to respond promptly. When an attorney tells you to fire him or her, take their advice. Mr. Hager, his law firm partner, replied to my negative review of him and I commend him for that. And yes, Mr. Schwartz did indeed defend me during that bond revocation hearing. But what he didn't state, was that Mr. Schwartz was the one that unknowingly sat me next to that woman. He pointed me and instructed me to sit there. Now, I am not saying it is Mr. Schwartz fault, which it simply isn't if he truly didn't know, however he did not defend me well in that instance either. Let me explain. I asked Mr. Schwartz if there were any cameras in that courtroom. We observed one, and I asked him to ask the Judge for that day's video. He responded to me, "Are you sure about that? Because if your lips even moved, you're in trouble." I said, "of course I'm sure, I didn't do anything and I have nothing to be afraid of. And whatever that that camera recorded is a God send." I understand he was looking out for my best interest, however I had the feeling that he didn't believe me. It took a lot of convincing even before he would bring it up to the judge. He also wasn't the one thinking about or advising me to look at the camera as evidence. In my opinion, a good advocate looks at all avenues and believes you are telling the truth. During this hearing, Mr. Schwartz would not let me speak on my own defense. Again, I understand he is looking out for me, but when I tell him that I made up my mind and that I want to speak, I expect him to respect that. I had to stand up and insist on defending myself to the judge, at which point I did. Credit is given when credit is due in my book. Did Mr. Schwartz defend me in that instance, yes he did. Did he do a satisfactory job in that instance, while I was not 100% satisfied, he did a somewhat satisfactory job. I would have been 100% satisfied (in this particular instance alone) if he had been the one to bring up the camera evidence and if let me speak. This instance in no way made up for the numerous other times where he did not perform his duties as an officer of the court satisfactorily. Stay away!!