Complex Class Actions.
Strategic Execution.
Proven Results.
Over $1.9 Billion Recovered
15+ Years of Litigation
National Class Action Practice
Extensive Appellate Experience
The lawyer behind the cases
Adam A. Schwartzbaum
Adam A. Schwartzbaum is the Founder and Managing Partner of Schwartzbaum, P.A., a boutique plaintiff-side litigation firm dedicated to prosecuting complex class actions and high-impact consumer cases nationwide.
Adam founded the firm to pursue sophisticated, large-scale matters with greater strategic focus, agility, and long-term vision. He leads cases from investigation and case architecture through certification, dispositive motion practice, settlement, and appeal. The firm concentrates on unlawful fee practices, deceptive financial products, insurance-related misconduct, and violations of state and federal consumer protection statutes.
Over the course of his career, Adam has helped recover over $1.9 billion for his clients. He has been appointed class counsel in numerous matters and has played a leadership role in class actions and mass arbitrations across the country. His experience spans every stage of complex litigation, including high-stakes negotiations and appellate advocacy.
Adam’s background includes significant defense-side and appellate experience, which provides a distinct strategic advantage. Having litigated complex commercial and constitutional disputes at prominent firms, he understands the internal incentives, risk calculations, and litigation posture of institutional defendants. That perspective informs a disciplined, forward-thinking approach to plaintiff-side advocacy.
Prior to founding Schwartzbaum, P.A., Adam was a partner at Edelsberg Law, where he represented individuals in complex class litigation nationwide, and remains Of Counsel to the firm. He previously practiced at The Moskowitz Law Firm, where he worked on large multi-district proceedings, including the Champlain Towers South Condominium Collapse Litigation, and chaired the firm’s appellate practice. Adam began his career in complex commercial litigation at Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman and White & Case.
Adam graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Brandeis University as a Justice Brandeis Scholar. He earned his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School as a Levy Scholar, where he was a Senior Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review, a member of the Moot Court Board, and President of the American Constitution Society.
Adam is active in the Miami community and serves on several nonprofit boards, including Nu Deco Ensemble, and Temple Menorah.
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The Schwartzbaum Approach
1. Investigate Systemic Wrongdoing
Corporate misconduct is rarely accidental. It is often structural, embedded in policies, contracts, algorithms, or business practices that quietly shift costs onto consumers.
Schwartzbaum monitors emerging legal trends, regulatory developments, and litigation nationwide to identify patterns of systemic harm. When those patterns reveal viable legal claims, he works to develop cases capable of addressing the issue at scale.
2. Litigate with Purpose
Class actions are powerful tools, but they require discipline, judgment, and strategic clarity.
Before filing suit, Schwartzbaum evaluates legal strength, risk, forum, and long-term objectives. Cases are advanced deliberately, often in collaboration with carefully selected co-counsel, to ensure that litigation is structured for durability at both the trial and appellate levels.
3. Drive Meaningful Change
Every case has a defined objective: to secure fair compensation, correct unlawful practices, and produce measurable reform.
The goal is not litigation for its own sake, but resolution: outcomes that are enforceable, principled, and capable of improving conditions beyond the individual dispute.
Areas of Practice
CLASS ACTION
When corporations harm large groups of consumers, employees, or investors, a class action allows individuals to unite in one powerful case. Our firm represents clients in complex class action lawsuits involving fraud, defective products, data breaches, wage violations, and other widespread misconduct. We work to hold corporations accountable while pursuing maximum recovery for those affected.
Multidistrict litigation consolidates similar federal cases before one court to streamline complex proceedings involving dangerous products, pharmaceuticals, or large-scale corporate wrongdoing. We represent individuals in MDLs nationwide, ensuring each client’s claim is strategically positioned and individually valued within high-stakes coordinated litigation.
MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
APPELLATE
Successful litigation does not end at trial. Our appellate practice focuses on challenging and defending court decisions before state and federal appellate courts. We craft persuasive legal arguments grounded in precedent and strategy, protecting our clients’ victories and pursuing reversals when errors occur.
TRIAL
When a case must be decided in the courtroom, preparation and precision matter. Our trial attorneys are experienced in presenting complex cases clearly and persuasively before judges and juries. From opening statement to verdict, we advocate relentlessly to secure just outcomes for our clients.
Big Ideas, Real Impact.
Led by veteran litigator Adam Schwartzbaum, the firm has represented plaintiffs in some of the largest class actions in the United States.
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Every case starts with a conversation
Tell us what happened, and we will evaluate whether your claim may qualify for individual or class action representation.