Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley Attorney Named Best Lawyer
(Oakland, CA) - Oakland, CA-based law firm, Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP (FAB), today announced that Merrill J. Schwartz, an attorney in the firm's Real Estate, Business & Corporate Transactions and Estates & Trusts Practice groups, was named by Best Lawyers, the nation's leading peer review publication in the legal profession, to its 2011 San Francisco Best Lawyers list. The reference features listings and profiles of San Francisco's top attorneys across a wide variety of practice areas.
Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. Because lawyers are not required or allowed to pay a fee to be included, a listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded within the legal profession as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers.
Mr. Schwartz has extensive experience in real estate acquisitions, dispositions and financings, including financings of various types including Industrial Development Authority Bonds. His business transactional experience includes formation of numerous corporations, limited liability companies and partnerships, and he has structured numerous business acquisitions and dispositions. Mr. Schwartz has represented numerous commercial lessors and lessees in lease transactions involving office space, industrial and warehouse properties, retail stores and shopping centers.
About Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP
Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP ("FAB") is a multi-practice law firm providing legal solutions for clients throughout Northern California and nationally. Founded in 1883, the firm celebrates its 128th anniversary this year. Fitzgerald Abbott & Beardsley LLP is consistently recognized by clients, peers and the media as a leader in its field. Additional information on the firm is available at www.fablaw.com.