Phillips Nizer is pleased to announce that Judith Swartz has been appointed to serve as Secretary of the New York City Bar Association’s New York City Affairs Committee
10/01/2025Her three-year term began on September 22, 2025 and will run through July 31, 2028 (Class of 2028). The Committee plays a central role in examining and influencing issues related to New York City law, governance, and public policy.
Judith is an Associate in the firm’s Litigation and Employment and Labor Law Practice. Judith represents corporate and individual clients in federal courts, state courts, and alternative dispute resolution forums throughout the country. Her practice involves a variety of complex commercial litigation, including contractual disputes, real estate, business torts, defamation, and intellectual property matters.
The New York City Bar Association (City Bar), founded in 1870, is a voluntary association of lawyers and law students. Since 1896, the organization, officially known as the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, has been headquartered in a landmark building on 44th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Manhattan. Today the City Bar has 23,000 members. Its current president, Muhammad U. Faridi, began his term in May 2024.