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Aaron E. Schwartz
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Attorney bio
A seasoned litigator, Aaron tirelessly works for each of his clients on a wide variety of matters ranging from simple overtime disputes to complex class actions involving hundreds of millions of dollars. He represents individuals and companies on matters involving employment law, insurance and healthcare disputes, employee benefits, commercial disputes, insurance coverage, wrongful death, sexual abuse, and complex mass torts. Aaron practices in Washington and Missouri state courts and United States District Courts across the country.
Education
University of Missouri School of Law
Juris Doctor, 2006
University of Wisconsin – Madison
B.A., 2002
Recognition & Activities
- Washington State Bar Association
- The Missouri Bar
- Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® in the practice areas of Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Recognized as a Super Lawyer, Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Insurance Coverage, Appellate, Employee Benefits, by Washington Super Lawyers magazine
- Prior to joining Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson, Aaron served as a St. Louis County Election Judge. When not representing his clients or spending time with his family, you can often find him fishing Washington’s trout streams.
- Washington State Bar Association
- The Missouri Bar
- Recognized by The Best Lawyers in America® in the practice areas of Commercial Litigation and Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs
- Recognized as a Super Lawyer, Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, Employment Litigation: Plaintiff, Insurance Coverage, Appellate, Employee Benefits, by Washington Super Lawyers magazine
- Prior to joining Lasher Holzapfel Sperry & Ebberson, Aaron served as a St. Louis County Election Judge. When not representing his clients or spending time with his family, you can often find him fishing Washington’s trout streams.
Representative Work and Cases
- Designed, filed, and successfully litigated first of its kind anti-fraud, waste, and abuse action against provider of COVID-19 testing;
- Won motion to dismiss for elected-official client in wrongful death action;
- Won motion to dismiss in lawsuit alleging unlawful practices in the Medicare Advantage Program;
- Won unanimous jury verdict in Kansas City, Missouri lawsuit alleging discriminatory compensation and retaliation;
- Won unanimous jury verdict for terminated NCAA basketball coach wrongfully deprived of his pension benefits;
- Obtained dismissal of False Claims Act cause of action brought against health insurer;
- Obtained dismissal of state law breach of fiduciary action by arguing ERISA-preemption;
- Represented tenured faculty members in University administrative due process proceedings;
- Successfully represented both employers and employees in claims involving race, sex, disability, and national origin discrimination, sexual harassment, the FLSA, non-competition agreements, and the False Claims Act and workers compensation retaliation;
- Obtained a one-million-dollar settlement against a for-profit college in a claim brought under the False Claims Act;
- Litigated high profile claims of fiduciary breach under ERISA involving multi-billion-dollar employee benefit plans on behalf of plan participants;
- Prevailed in summary judgment proceedings after personally deposing ten adverse fact witnesses and three adverse retained experts in claim involving multi-billion-dollar 401(k) plan. Litigation ultimately settled in clients’ favor for $23.65 million. Bell et al. v. ATH Holding Company, LLC et al.; and
- Obtained a $54,000,000 judgment for sexual abuse and successfully represented client in the related insurance bad faith litigation.
- Designed, filed, and successfully litigated first of its kind anti-fraud, waste, and abuse action against provider of COVID-19 testing;
- Won motion to dismiss for elected-official client in wrongful death action;
- Won motion to dismiss in lawsuit alleging unlawful practices in the Medicare Advantage Program;
- Won unanimous jury verdict in Kansas City, Missouri lawsuit alleging discriminatory compensation and retaliation;
- Won unanimous jury verdict for terminated NCAA basketball coach wrongfully deprived of his pension benefits;
- Obtained dismissal of False Claims Act cause of action brought against health insurer;
- Obtained dismissal of state law breach of fiduciary action by arguing ERISA-preemption;
- Represented tenured faculty members in University administrative due process proceedings;
- Successfully represented both employers and employees in claims involving race, sex, disability, and national origin discrimination, sexual harassment, the FLSA, non-competition agreements, and the False Claims Act and workers compensation retaliation;
- Obtained a one-million-dollar settlement against a for-profit college in a claim brought under the False Claims Act;
- Litigated high profile claims of fiduciary breach under ERISA involving multi-billion-dollar employee benefit plans on behalf of plan participants;
- Prevailed in summary judgment proceedings after personally deposing ten adverse fact witnesses and three adverse retained experts in claim involving multi-billion-dollar 401(k) plan. Litigation ultimately settled in clients’ favor for $23.65 million. Bell et al. v. ATH Holding Company, LLC et al.; and
- Obtained a $54,000,000 judgment for sexual abuse and successfully represented client in the related insurance bad faith litigation.
Publications & Presentations
- “The Broad Reach of Control” (A Litigant’s Duty to Extract Discovery from Third Parties).” Journal of the Missouri Bar. Vol. 73. (2017)
- “Taxing Costs (Theory and Practice).” Journal of the Missouri Bar. Vol. 68. (2012)
- “Comment, Dusting off the Blaine Amendment: Two Challenges to Missouri’s Anti-Establishment Tradition.” Missouri Law Review. Vol. 73. (2008)
- “Note, Honk to Remove this Demonstration: The Eighth Circuit Adopts a Heckler’s Veto.” Missouri Law Review. Vol. 70. (2005)
- “The Broad Reach of Control” (A Litigant’s Duty to Extract Discovery from Third Parties).” Journal of the Missouri Bar. Vol. 73. (2017)
- “Taxing Costs (Theory and Practice).” Journal of the Missouri Bar. Vol. 68. (2012)
- “Comment, Dusting off the Blaine Amendment: Two Challenges to Missouri’s Anti-Establishment Tradition.” Missouri Law Review. Vol. 73. (2008)
- “Note, Honk to Remove this Demonstration: The Eighth Circuit Adopts a Heckler’s Veto.” Missouri Law Review. Vol. 70. (2005)