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Karol A. Schwartz

Associate

Karol A. Schwartz is an associate in the St. Joseph, Michigan office. She practices in the areas of medical and professional malpractice defense, general insurance litigation and commercial litigation.

Ms. Schwartz received her B.A. from Emory University in 1992. She attended Georgia State College of Law and received her Doctorate of Jurisprudence, with high honors, from IIT/Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2003.


P.O. Box 46
301 State Street, 2nd Floor
St. Joseph, MI 49085-0046 		269-983-4405 Ext. 311
E-mail: kschwartz@hsk-law.com 

  • General Insurance Litigation
  • Medical and Professional Malpractice Defense
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Municipal Litigation

  • State Bar of Michigan
  • Indiana Bar Association
  • Lake County (Indiana) Bar Association
  • Berrien County Bar Association

  • Indiana State Bar
  • U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
  • U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
  • Michigan State Bar District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

  • Emory University, B.A., 1992
  • Georgia State College of Law
  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, J.D., 2003

Publications:
"The Pitfalls of Debt Collection --- What Debt Collectors Need to Know," ProAssurance Lawyers' Professional Liability Update, Summer 2009, Vol. 7, No.2, Karol A. Schwartz, co-author

Favorable Cases in the Indiana Court of Appeals:
Brown v. Katz, 868 N.E.2d 1159 (Ind.Ct.App. 2007);

Parkevich v. Harlow, 893 N.E.2d 345 (Ind.Ct.App. 2008) (Table);

Favorable or Important Federal Opinions:
Freeland v. Gurgevich, 2008 WL 4372020 (N.D.Ind., September 23, 2008) (unreported);

Mayes v. City of Hammond, Ind., 2008 WL 4414713 (N.D.Ind., September 24, 2008) (unreported);

Gastineau v. UMLIC VP LLC, 2008 WL 2498102 (S.D.Ind., June 17 2008) (unreported);

Greene v. City of Hammond, 2007 WL 3333367 (N.D.Ind., November 6, 2007) (unreported);

Storino v. Indiana Dept. of Transp., 2006 WL 3715514 (N.D.Ind., December 14, 2006) (unreported);

Westchester Fire Ins. Co. v. American Wood Fibers, Inc., 2006 WL 3147710 (N.D.Ind., October 31, 2006) (unreported);