Benedict Schwarz, II is a partner with Schwarz & Pucci, LLC and has limited his practice to matrimonial
and family law for over 40 years. He is a long-time member and past director of the American Academy of
Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) and is also a trained divorce mediator; Mr. Schwarz has and has taught numerous
divorce mediation training and conflict resolution seminars and has also co-authored chapters on the
subject in the Illinois Institute of Continuing Legal Education publications.
Mr. Schwarz has served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Lawyers Assistance Program (LAP).
Further, he is a trained LAP intervenor. In 1992, Mr. Schwarz was appointed by the Illinois Supreme Court
as a Commissioner of the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission (ARDC). The ARDC is an agency
of the Illinois Supreme Court that is responsible for maintaining current records of registration and
discipline information for lawyers licensed to practice in Illinois. The ARDC also investigates allegations
of misconduct by lawyers, and prosecutes the cases where a lawyer's misconduct suggests a threat to the public
or to the integrity of the legal profession. In 2001, Mr. Schwarz was appointed Chairperson of the Commission;
the ARDC Commission consists of four members of the Illinois Bar and three non-lawyers. He served as the
Chairperson from 2001 to 2010. The Commissioners, who serve without compensation, establish ARDC policies,
appoint members of the ARDC Inquiry and Hearing Boards, and subject to the approval of the Supreme Court of
Illinois, appoint the Commission's Chief Executive Officer, the Administrator. After serving out his term
as Chairperson, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed him to sit on the Review Board of the Attorney Registration
and Disciplinary Commission from 1/1/2011 to 12/31/2013.
Mr. Schwarz is also active in the Kane County and Illinois State Bar Associations where he has held several
committee positions, including serving on the Family Law Section Council, Child Support Sub-Committee and
Domestic Violence Task Force. He chaired the Kane County State's Attorney Task Force on Domestic Violence and
the Kane County Batterer's Task Force.
Admitted to the bar in 1971, Mr. Schwarz is a graduate of the John Marshall Law School and the University of
Wisconsin-Madison with a Bachelor's degree in Social Psychology.
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