About Olivia N.
Olivia N. Schwartz built a legal career in Illinois courts and the regional federal courthouse. She earned a J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law in 2017 after completing a Bachelor of Arts in History and Communication with honors at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2010. She came of age professionally in classrooms and clerkships that exposed her early to both civil litigation and public defense.
Her practical training began while she was still in law school. In 2015 she served as a judicial extern for the Illinois Appellate Court, First District, and worked as a legal intern in civil litigation at Chicago-Kent. That same year she took a position as a law clerk at Schwartz Injury Law, returning to the firm later as an attorney. In 2016 she spent time as a law clerk with the Cook County Public Defender, gaining front-line experience in courtroom procedure and case preparation.
Schwartz joined Schwartz Injury Law as an attorney in 2017. Her background includes both defense-side exposure and plaintiff-side practice, giving her a vantage on how cases are handled across the system. She is licensed to practice in Illinois and is admitted to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Those admissions allow her to handle matters in state courts and in the federal trial court that serves the Chicago region.
Colleagues and clients see in her a steady courtroom presence and a methodical approach to case development. She is a member of the Chicago Bar Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the Women’s Bar Association of Illinois. She maintains professional ties to local legal organizations and participates in their programming, focusing on the procedural and evidentiary aspects of civil litigation.
Schwartz Injury Law maintains offices in Orland Park, Elmhurst, Glen Ellyn and Joliet. She spends time among those locations, handling client consultations, drafting pleadings and appearing at hearings when cases require. Her workload blends negotiation and litigation, and she draws on her earlier public defender experience when assessing case strengths and courtroom strategy.
Her career path shows steady movement from legal education to hands-on roles in courts and firms. She continues to practice at Schwartz Injury Law across its four offices. Her practice centers on personal injury matters across the firm's offices in Orland Park, Elmhurst, Glen Ellyn and Joliet.
