Andrea B. Schwartz, Esq.

Andrea B. Schwartz is a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the U.S. Trustee in the Southern District of New York in New York. She has represented the U.S. Trustee in all aspects of chapter 11 case administration, including in high-profile cases such as Lehman Brothers, Energy Fu- ture Holdings and Patriot Coal Corp. As part of the U.S. Trustee Program, she has represented the U.S. Trustee in other districts, including Delaware, litigated contested matters and conducted trials, liaised with other governmental agencies and overseen chapter 7 cases. Prior to joining the DOJ in 2009, Ms. Schwartz was a litigator in private practice for 16 years, associated with such international and AmLaw 200 firms as Norton Rose Fulbright LLP and Lowenstein Sandler LLP. A long-time member of the ABI, Ms. Schwartz served as a member of the ABI's Civility Task Force and as membership director of its Bankruptcy Litigation Committee. She has also been on the faculty of the ABI's Litigation Skills Sym- posium. Ms. Schwartz has published many scholarly articles and is a lecturer at conferences and law schools. She received her combined B.A. and M.S. in 1984 from Rutgers University and her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1993.