Steve Swartz
Family Business Consulting
- McGladrey & Pullen Family Business Group (formerly Hubler/Swartz & Associates): Co-founder in 1980 and senior consultant until retirement in 2000. Consulted with over 250 family owned businesses.
- Family Firm Institute:
*Charter member, serving on its Board of Directors from 1988 to 1991 and as President from 1990 to 1992.
*Presented workshops at several annual conferences, and authored The Challenges of Multidisciplinary Consulting to Family-Owned Businesses, published in the Family Business Review (volume 2, number 4, Winter 1989
Education and Training
- J.D., cum laude,
University of Minnesota Law School, 1961
- Basic and advanced mediation training, Hamline University School of Law
Other Experience
- Partner, Maslon Edelman Borman & Brand law firm, 1964-87
- United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. 1962-64
- United States Court of Appeals (Eighth Circuit) Law Clerk to Judge Harry A. Blackmun, 1961-62
- Law clerk to Minnesota Supreme Court Justices Lee Loevinger and James Otis, 1960-61
What Others Say About Steve Swartz
- "Steve Swartz is the best listener I have ever encountered. He patiently hears, quickly processes, understands issues and comes up with good suggestions." (Referring attorney)
- "In a non-judgmental and unassuming style, he asks penetrating questions that go to the heart of an issue, and causes people to think in ways they have not before." (CEO of client organization)
- "Steve has good strategic sense as to business and relationships, and great insights into human nature." (Referring attorney)
- "In highly charged emotional situations he does a masterful job of sorting through the issues and organizing them appropriately." (CEO of client firm)
- "Steve wears wisdom and maturity well." (Owner of client firm)