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Notary Public
State of Texas
October 2013 – Present (1 year 9 months)Dallas & Plano, Texas
Notary Public for the great State of Texas
Attorney at Law & Consumer Legal Advisor
White, Jacobs & Associates
August 2013 – Present (1 year 11 months)Plano, TX
White, Jacobs & Associates focuses on consumer legal affairs and securing successful home/auto lending for clients through credit analysis & a network of loan officers with whom we have partnered.
WJA has multiple Juris Doctors on staff (myself included) whose eyes touch every audit/demand sent to all three credit bureaus, original creditors, any 3rd party collection agency, court systems, public records, the attorney general/the state (typically child support, but can apply more broadly), plus original medical facilities. Because we operate this way, there is very little chance of derogatory items re-reporting in the future.
We work hand-in-hand with a network of loan/mortgage officers around the country so that once a client's scores qualify them for an FHA/other loan and we have prepared them to meet the other FHA/loan requirements, we connect them with a loan officer in their area or refer them back to the loan/mortgage officer who referred them to us, so you can hit the ground running.
In addition to removing negative items from credit reports through legal audits/demands for verification of claims under the Fair Credit Reporting Act, OSCAR laws, and HIPPA, I help build new credit through helping establish new and appropriate trade lines (revolving accounts, e.g. credit cards) Our program lasts a max. of 180 days &after that we work for free. Typically we start receiving results within 30-45 days (which is the lag time the creditors and bureaus are allowed for a response by law) and our average amount of time for clients to successfully reach the FHA lending threshold is 3 months.
I research and write motions, voir dire, sit second chair to our general counsel.
FINRA Securities Law Alternative Dispute Resolution Triathlon Coach
Texas A&M School of Law
August 2013 – Present (1 year 11 months)Ft. Worth, TX
Secretary/Clerk, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International - Dallas Alumni Chapter
February 2015 – Present (5 months)Dallas/Fort Worth Area
Phi Alpha Delta is a professional law fraternity advancing integrity, compassion and courage through service to the student, the school, the profession and the community. P.A.D. is the preeminent law fraternity internationally, promoting the bonds of fraternalism and leading in the development and advancement of professional ideals. Bound together by tradition and common interest in the law, P.A.D. alumnae share these core values: Integrity, Compassion, Courage, Professionalism, Service, Diversity, and Innovation.
Vice Justice, Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International - Dallas Alumni Chapter
December 2013 – February 2015 (1 year 3 months)Dallas/Fort Worth Area
Phi Alpha Delta is a professional law fraternity advancing integrity, compassion and courage through service to the student, the school, the profession and the community. P.A.D. is the preeminent law fraternity internationally, promoting the bonds of fraternalism and leading in the development and advancement of professional ideals. Bound together by tradition and common interest in the law, P.A.D. alumnae share these core values: Integrity, Compassion, Courage, Professionalism, Service, Diversity, and Innovation.
The purpose of this organization is to form a strong bond between alumnae and uniting students and teachers of the law with members of the Bench and Bar in a fraternal fellowship designed to advance the ideals of liberty and equal justice under law; to stimulate excellence in scholarship; to inspire the virtues of compassion and courage, to foster integrity and professional competence; to promote the welfare of its members' and to encourage their moral, intellectual, and cultural advancement; so that each member may enjoy a lifetime of honorable professional and public service.
Glass Leadership Initiative member 2012-2013
Anti-Defamation League
September 2012 – June 2013 (10 months)Dallas/Fort Worth Area
Click to edit position descriptionADL’s Glass Leadership Initiative affords me a unique opportunity to gain an up-close perspective on the important work of the Ant-Defamation League. As a member of the 2012-13 class of the Glass Leadership Institute, I will have the opportunity throughout the year to explore the many facets of ADL - I will be engaged in issues impacting Jews and other minority groups locally, nationally and around the world. I will have an exclusive opportunity to hear from some of ADL’s best national speakers including National Director of Civil Rights Deborah Lauter and Director of the ADL’s Center on Extremism Mark Pitcavage.
Other sessions will provide me with a practical, inside glimpse of ADL's work with the FBI, particularly with regard to national defense, counter terrorism strategy, and the investigation/prosecution procedures of the regional North Texas FBI office, and local media.
Juris Doctorate, 2013
Texas Wesleyan/Texas A&M University School of Law
April 2010 – May 2013 (3 years 2 months)Ft. Worth, TX
I am a graduate of the law program at downtown Ft. Worth's own Texas WesleyanTexas A&M University School of Law. I am a two-time Public Interest Law Fellow at The Dallas County Public Defender's Office and Dallas County Probate Court #1, Public Interest Law Fellowship Auction Fundraising Committee member, and Committee Chairman for Project Community, coordinating a joint community service event with the major student organizations. I serve on the Board of Advocate's Dispute Resolution Committee as chair, was a Research Assistant for Criminal Law and Negotiation Professor Cynthia Alkon, serve on the Student Government Election/ByLaws Committee, am a traveling student-coach for Texas Wesleyan's Negotiation Competition Team, and an ABA Labor/Employment Law Mock Trial competitor.
Jonathan Elston, MSc., Q.Med
Conflict Management Practitioner (Mediate2go.com)
I met Adam at the ICMA competition in Toronto. It was a pleasure speaking with him. He saw the benefits of dispute resolution and showed a keen interest in the field. I recommend him for work in this area and in advocacy.
Law Clerk, Stanley & Associates
June 2012 – September 2012 (4 months)Richardson, TX
Stanley & Associates, PLLC provides its clients with knowledgeable, personalized representation in the following practice areas: Business Law, Immigration, Family Law, Criminal Law, Bankruptcy and General Civil Litigation.
At Stanley & Associates, PLLC, we aim to treat our clients not as mere numbers, but as real people. To that end, we seek to provide quality legal representation for both businesses and individuals by spending the time to get to know both the client and the legal issues they are facing.
Stanley & Associates, PLLC, strives to be an aggressive and effective client centered law firm. Our model is based on earning our clients' trust and treating them with respect and honesty.
Law Clerk, Judge Brenda Hull Thompson
May 2012 – July 2012 (3 months)Dallas Probate Court #1
Comprehensive training program featuring:
Court Proceeding Observations (hearings, trials, conferences) of:
- Statutory Probate Courts, assisted outpatient treatment;, Veteran’s Drug Court, Mental Illness Court, and Dallas County Commissioner’s Court.
Observations of Investigative Visits with Probate Court Investigators’ Office Staff:
- Nursing home investigation, group home investigation,
hospital investigation
Presentations by Lawyers, Judges, Mediators, County Elected Officials, and Court Staff:
- prove-ups, will contests, estate planning (inventories & annual accounts), guardianship & mental illness processes, determination of heirship, TROs and injunctions, ethics, trial advocacy and notebook preparation, summary judgment advocacy, voir dire, veteran’s affairs, client counseling, role of guardians & attorneys ad litem, mediation/ADR, communication theory/advocacy, & marketing a law practice.
Dallas County Law Enforcement Community Relations Project:
- Created guardianship training program for Dallas County law
enforcement. Innovations included a guardian ID, database,
and legislative recommendations.
- Worked with Dallas County Clerk John Warren to create a
guardianship database within the current online public
records and a seamless, paperless process to keep it
updated.
Attended Dallas County Probate Courts’ Volunteer Court Visitor Training CLE program.
National Champion, FINRA Securities Law Alternative Dispute Resolution Triathlon
2012 – 2012 (less than a year)Manhattan, New York
The Securities Dispute Resolution Triathlon is a joint initiative of the Hugh L. Carey Center for Dispute Resolution and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). For two days, student teams from law schools around the country meet to test their advocacy skills in the negotiation, mediation and arbitration of a securities dispute.
The Triathlon is not a competition of physical endurance, but of dispute resolution competence. Students play the roles of attorneys and clients, with some teams in the role of investor and others in the role of broker-dealer. Members of FINRA’s roster of experienced neutrals serve as mediators, arbitrators and judges, critiquing the student teams and offering the students an invaluable real-life experience.
By challenging students to negotiate, mediate, and arbitrate in a single competition, this one-of-a-kind event gives students an opportunity to hone their advocacy skills in a realistic and comprehensive securities dispute experience.
Two-time Public Interest Law Fellow
Dallas County Public Defender's Office & Dallas County Probate Court #1
June 2011 – August 2011 (3 months) Frank Crowley Courthouse & Old Dallas Records Building
Secretary of the Board of Directors, Upstart Productions
2008 – June 2011 (3 years)
Click to edit position descriptionUpstart Productions is a non-profit theater organization founded in 2008 in Dallas, TX.
Upstart has found critical success with its' innaugural production, Topdog/Underdog, leading to a Column Award nomination for Best Play of the Year, Non-Equity
National Consultant, RMCN Credit Services
As a National Sales Consultant at RepairMyCreditNow.com, I specialized in credit repair, restoration and education on best practices of proper credit.I managed over 65 individual accounts from point of contact through the duration of the 180 day program.
Steven Barton
Portfolio Manager
Adam is a very knowledgable and self motivated individual. His work ethic is bar none the best in the business. Adam is a... View
Scott Selinger
Associate Physician, Department of Medicine at Kaiser Permanente
I can strongly recommend Adam Swartz. For as long as I've known him, he's proven his prowess as a problem-solver in a... View
Community Organizer, Texas Campaign for the Environment
October 2008 – December 2008 (3 months)
Grassroots campaign to raise awareness and affect public policy in the State of Texas with regard to eWaste, the remnants of obsolete computers, cell phones and other electronic devices that are either exported or put into landfills.
Marketing Coordinator
Worldwide Revenue Solutions, Inc.
August 2008 – October 2008 (3 months)
Click to edit position descriptionFull service, online web-marketing firm. WRS specializes in web site and Search Engine Optimization, web hosting, Pay-Per-Click advertising campaigns and creating a measured return on investment for each client.
DJ Maschino, MBA
Sr. Associate, Advisory
I very much enjoyed working with Adam while he was a managing partner of Sheridan's Frozen Custard. Great product, great service and attention to the details of marketing & advertising as a small business. It is my pleasure to recommend Adam for... View
Catering Director, Sheridan's Frozen Custard
September 2006 – July 2008 (1 year 11 months)
Event planning, event coordination, sales, sales support, relationship networking.
Marketing Director
Sheridan's Frozen Custard, September 2005 – July 2008 (2 years 11 months)
Brand development, web site traffic growth, relationship marketing, image management, catering, community partnerships, web site UI and advertising revenue. Developed brand strategy and tracking mechanisms. Created continuity program and email capture. Raised sales by 16%, won multiple awards and recognized as Small Business of the Year Finalist.
Kevin Albrecht
Global Industry Manager - Government
I was very impressed with Adam's ability to work independently and swiftly, communicate well with constituents, and solve complex problems. Adam consistently demonstrated poise and professionalism in an ever-changing work environment. His position... View
Intern, Lawrence and Kansas City District Offices
Congressman Dennis Moore
Kevin Albrecht
Adam's professional approach to dealing with difficult constituents in both written and oral communications was very refreshing. He was an asset to our staff and we were all sorry to see him go.
Volunteer
Meals on Wheels, September 2013 -
Grant Writer, Upstart Productions, Inc. August 2007 - September 2011
