Butzel Attorney and Shareholder Robert H. Schwartz Named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s Hall of Fame
TROY, Mich. – Butzel attorney and shareholder Robert H. Schwartz has been named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s Hall of Fame Class of 2025. He is one of 26 attorneys who will be honored on April 25 and profiled in a future edition of Michigan Lawyers Weekly. The Hall of Fame program recognizes Michigan’s legal leaders who have been in practice for 30 years for their successful careers and valuable contributions to the community.
Notably, Schwartz also will be a featured speaker during the American Bar Association’s (ABA) 26th Annual Emerging Issues in Healthcare Law Conference on April 4, 2025 in Long Beach, Calif. He will participate in a panel program titled, “The Shifting Ground on the Benefits and Drawbacks of Private Equity.” The presentation will discuss the issues surrounding private equity in health care including the pros and cons and obstacles currently and going forward.
Schwartz is a Co-Chair of Butzel’s Health Care Industry Team and focuses his practice primarily on Health Care Law and Corporate Law. Clients have come to rely on his decades of experience in business planning, mergers and acquisitions, and in assisting health care and hospital clients in the area of health care regulatory matters, including reimbursement, fraud and abuse, hospital-physician relations, pharmacies in community and long-term care settings, and with other issues pertinent to this sector.
Schwartz is an active member of numerous associations pertinent to his areas of practice. He is a member of the American Health Law Association (AHLA); ABA, Health Law and Business Law Sections; and the State Bar of Michigan, Health Care Law, Business Law, and International Law Sections. He is a member of the Oakland County Bar Association and currently serves on the Medical/Legal Committee, comprised of attorneys and physicians working together on matters relevant to both professions. His past appointments include serving on the Michigan Health & Hospital Association’s Committee on Hospital-Physician Alignment and Health Information Strategy Committee.
Representing nonprofit organizations is another key focus of his practice. Schwartz represents organizations including trade associations, medical organizations, quasi-government organizations, and others.
Schwartz is a past president of the Jewish National Fund and past Board member of United Hebrew Schools. Prior to establishing a Health Law Section of the Michigan Bar, he formed a group of health care attorneys that met monthly. He has served on various other committees for several nonprofits over the years.
He is admitted to practice in Michigan and New York. Over the course of his career, he has been recognized repeatedly by various prominent legal publications for his work in the area of Health Care Law including:
- The Best Lawyers in America®: Health Care Law, 2020-2025
- Michigan Super Lawyers, Health Care, 2006-2007, 2011-2017
- DBusiness Top Lawyers in Metro Detroit, Health Care Law, 2011-2012, 2017-2023; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2019
Schwartz earned a J.D. from Wayne State University Law School and a B.A. from Wayne State University.
