Rob Shwarts

Rob Shwarts

August 31, 2020 | The Recorder

California Civil Trial Juries Need to Be Smaller to Get Our Courts Back on Track

"We need to get over the idea that there must be 12 jurors in the box to conduct a state court civil trial," says Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe's Rob Shwarts.

By Rob Shwarts

7 minute read

April 22, 2020 | The Recorder

Civil Jury Trials and COVID-19: How Civil Litigants Can Reach Resolution in the Wake of a Global Pandemic

When the trial courtrooms do re-open, what options will litigants have to see their cases to resolution? And as important, when jury trials recommence, what will they look like?

By Rob Shwarts and Diana Fassbender

7 minute read