Matthew Schwartz is the Chairman of Boies Schiller Flexner, a managing partner, and a member of the firm's executive committee. His practice focuses on the government and internal investigations, white collar defense, regulatory compliance, and complex civil litigation. A "buttoned-up assassin in the courtroom" praised for his "laser-like focus and precision," Schwartz "possesses the consistent ability to take knotty issues and distilling them to their essence" (Forbes, December 2014). He has first-chaired numerous jury and non-jury trials and personally argued more than a dozen federal appeals.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor |
Year |
Practice |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America |
2026 |
Litigation, esp. White Collar |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America |
2026 |
White Collar, Investigations, Complex Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators |
2025 |
International Litigation & Investigations |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers |
2025 |
Commercial Litigation, esp. Financial |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America |
2025 |
Litigation, esp. White Collar |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America |
2025 |
White Collar, Investigations, Complex Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators |
2024 |
International Litigation & Investigations |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers |
2024 |
Commercial Litigation, esp. Financial |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America |
2024 |
White Collar, Investigations, Complex Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America |
2024 |
Litigation, esp. White Collar |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators |
2023 |
International Litigation & Investigations |
| The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiff Financial Lawyers |
2023 |
Commercial Litigation, esp. Financial |
| The 2023 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America |
2023 |
Litigation, esp. White Collar |
| Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America |
2022 |
White Collar, Investigations, Complex Litigation |
| The 2022 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America |
2022 |
Litigation, esp. White Collar |
| The 2021 Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America |
2021 |
Litigation, esp. White Collar |
From 2005 to 2015, Schwartz was a federal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York. As a senior member of that office’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, he led a number of high-profile matters, including the investigations and deferred prosecution agreements with JPMorgan and Commerzbank AG on BSA/AML charges; the investigation and prosecutions related to the “London Whale” trades; and all aspects of the government’s investigation of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities. He conducted investigations in parallel with the SEC, CFTC, OCC, Federal Reserve Board, FinCEN, OFAC, and PCAOB; state Attorneys General and other regulators, such as the New York State Department of Financial Services; and foreign regulators and law enforcement, such as the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority.
