About Matthew A.
Matthew A. Schwartz entered law from a background in politics and liberal arts. He earned an A.B. in politics from Princeton University in 2000, after beginning his undergraduate work in 1996. He continued his studies at Columbia Law School, receiving his J.D. in 2003. Those academic years shaped an early interest in the intersection of public institutions and private practice.
Schwartz began his legal career in the federal courts. After law school he served as a law clerk on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 2003. That clerkship was followed by a position at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, where he joined the firm as an associate in 2004. He later returned to the judiciary as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of the United States in 2006, an experience that exposed him to high-stakes appellate work and complex legal questions.
By 2012 he had moved into firm leadership as a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP. Over the years at two of New York’s well-known firms he has balanced courtroom exposure, appellate experience, and counsel work for corporate clients. His career path traces a steady shift from clerkships to associate work and then to partnership, a progression that reflects long-term engagement with both litigation and transactional practice environments.
Schwartz is admitted to practice in New York and holds membership in the New York State Bar. That connection to the New York bar has been central to his practice, which is based in that jurisdiction. His professional life has been anchored in large-firm environments, where institutional clients and significant legal questions are regular features of the docket.
Colleagues describe him as methodical and attentive to the procedural details that matter in appellate and trial settings. Clients and court personnel who have worked with him have noted a careful approach to legal writing and oral argument, developed during his years of clerkship and reinforced in private practice. His work ethic reflects long experience in high-pressure settings and a preference for precise legal analysis.
He currently practices in New York as a partner at Sullivan & Cromwell LLP, representing clients and providing legal counsel on matters arising in federal and state courts.
