Transportation companies rarely face purely legal challenges. Their most important decisions are shaped by regulatory, operational, financial, technological, and strategic considerations.
James C. Schwartz counsels businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, and executives on those decisions, combining sophisticated legal analysis with practical business judgment. As a partner and co-leader of Tortorici Schwartz LLP’s Transportation Practice, he advises clients on complex regulatory matters, significant commercial agreements, new ventures, emerging technologies, operational challenges, and growth initiatives.
James began his career as Assistant General Counsel to the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission, giving him firsthand experience with transportation regulation from the government perspective. He later practiced commercial and real estate litigation at a boutique New York law firm and went on to serve as Executive Vice President and General Counsel at Sotheby’s International Realty in Los Angeles.
James is also co-founder of TripMarket, a B2B marketplace for locating, coordinating, and deploying transportation resources in real time. That entrepreneurial experience, together with his background as a lawyer, business executive, and former government attorney, gives him a distinctive perspective on the challenges and opportunities facing the transportation industry.
James believes effective counsel should do more than identify risk. It should help clients evaluate opportunities, make sound decisions, and build successful businesses.
- J.D., Fordham University School of Law
- B.A., The Johns Hopkins University
- New York
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
- United States Supreme Court
