Joel H. Schwartz

What Joel H. Schwartz does

Joel H. Schwartz, P.C. is a privately held Massachusetts personal injury law firm founded in 1965 and headquartered in Boston. The firm provides contingency-fee legal representation to individual injury victims across more than 30 specialized practice area modules, including motor vehicle accidents (car, motorcycle, truck, pedestrian, bicycle, taxi, bus, train), workplace injuries, workers' compensation, medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, wrongful death, social security disability, and mesothelioma claims. The firm serves a long tail of individual consumers throughout Massachusetts, supported by 28 physical office locations and a mobile attorney service that travels to clients' homes, offices, or other locations of convenience. Pricing is exclusively outcome-based: clients pay no upfront fees and the firm is compensated only from settlement proceeds, with the firm covering all case costs during litigation.

Under the hood, the firm relies on internal proprietary case management software combined with email and digital communication tools to enable remote case initiation and document handling — there is no externally exposed API, SDK, or AI/ML capability. Revenue is generated entirely through contingency fee arrangements (typically one-third of recovery), with cumulative firm-reported outcomes exceeding 30,000 resolved claims and 'hundreds of millions of dollars' recovered for clients over 60+ years. The firm markets through content (blog, free ebook), client testimonials, bilingual English/Spanish web presence, and community involvement (Belmond's Wish nonprofit sponsorship), targeting personal injury victims across Massachusetts through direct attorney consultations rather than paid acquisition channels.

Ownership is concentrated within the founding Schwartz family and partners (Joel H. Schwartz as President, Steven A. Schwartz as Managing Partner), with no disclosed institutional investors, private equity backing, or parent company. Headcount is reported at 11–50 employees, with a separate source citing approximately 30 legal professionals. The firm has no public funding history, no M&A activity, and operates as a stable, self-funded regional professional corporation.

Name

Joel H. Schwartz

Legal name

Joel H. Schwartz, P.C.

Website

https://joelhschwartz.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Joel H. Schwartz, P.C. is a Boston-based, family-owned personal injury law firm founded in 1965 that represents individual injury victims across 28 Massachusetts locations on a contingency-fee basis across 30+ practice area modules.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Personal Injury Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (541110)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro primary industry

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense (BPAHAAAM)

Keywords

• Personal injury law
• Contingency fee representation
• Car accident attorneys
• Workplace injury claims
• Medical malpractice litigation

Headquarters

HQ city

Boston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Contingency Fee Legal Services: Law firm operates exclusively on contingency fees. No fee is charged unless the case is won. Legal fees and all costs come out of the settlement. Clients never pay upfront or out-of-pocket for legal representation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Joel H. Schwartz, P.C. delivers contingency-fee personal injury legal representation to individuals injured by negligence across Massachusetts. The firm investigates claims, negotiates with insurance companies, manages all paperwork and evidence, and litigates to recover compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering, with attorneys and mobile service available across 28 office locations.

Product overview

Joel H. Schwartz, P.C. is a personal injury law firm offering comprehensive legal services through a unified portfolio of practice area modules. The firm provides a single core service—personal injury legal representation—spanning over 30 specialized modules covering vehicle accidents (car, motorcycle, truck, bicycle, pedestrian, taxi, bus, train), workplace injuries, medical malpractice, premises liability, product liability, and other injury categories. The practice areas operate as distinct service modules under the unified firm brand, each addressing specific injury types while sharing the firm's resources, attorneys, and case management infrastructure. The firm does not offer software products; all offerings are legal service modules delivered by attorneys and support staff.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Personal Injury Legal Services Comprehensive contingency-fee legal representation for personal injury victims, including investigation, negotiation with insurance companies, evidence collection, and litigation to recover compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, pain and suffering, and other damages.
• Car Accident Legal Services
• Motorcycle Accident Legal Services
• Truck Accident Legal Services
• Pedestrian Accident Legal Services
• Bicycle Accident Legal Services
• Taxi Accident Legal Services
• Bus Accident Legal Services
• Train Accident Legal Services
• Hit-and-Run Legal Services
• Workers Compensation Legal Services
• Construction Accident Legal Services
• Workplace Injury Legal Services
• Medical Malpractice Legal Services
• Birth Injury Legal Services
• Nursing Home Abuse Legal Services
• Slip-and-Fall Legal Services
• Premises Liability Legal Services
• Dog Bite Legal Services
• Wrongful Death Legal Services
• Social Security Disability Legal Services
• Traumatic Brain Injury Legal Services
• Spine Injury Legal Services
• Serious Injury Legal Services
• Burn Injury Legal Services
• Broken Bone Legal Services
• Child Injury Legal Services
• Boat Accident Legal Services
• Defective Drug Legal Services
• Defective Product Legal Services
• Product Liability Legal Services
• Mesothelioma Legal Services
• Sexual Harassment Legal Services
• Sexual Abuse Legal Services
• Workplace Discrimination Legal Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 30,000 claims successfully resolved
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Belmond's WishminorOthers · 1 January 2021Nonprofit organization founded by Managing Partner Steven Schwartz's son Belmond to help food-insecure individuals in the community. The firm sponsors the organization which collects food donations through annual events. Belmond started collecting food donations in 2021 and has since donated thousands of pounds of food to local food pantries.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Jacoby & Meyers: Long-established multi-state personal injury firm with offices in the Northeast. Comparable in contingency-fee model, plaintiff practice areas, and multi-office operating structure, though at broader geographic scale.
• Cellino Law: National personal injury firm (formerly Cellino & Barnes) with strong brand recognition built through heavy advertising. Comparable in contingency-fee PI practice and marketing-driven client acquisition approach, though geographically broader.
• Sokolove Law: National mass tort and personal injury firm with a referral-driven model. Comparable in plaintiff-side practice mix including accident and negligence cases, with overlapping service lines in mesothelioma and personal injury.
• Morgan & Morgan: Largest U.S. personal injury law firm with national scale and heavy TV/digital advertising spend. Comparable in core PI practice and contingency model, but operates at vastly larger scale and broader geographic reach, representing the competitive ceiling for plaintiff-side PI firms.

Direct peers

• Keches Law Group: Massachusetts-based personal injury and workers' compensation firm with multiple offices and a contingency-fee model. Closely comparable in practice mix, geographic focus (Greater Boston and Southeastern MA), and target client base of accident victims.
• Breakstone, White & Gluck: Boston personal injury and motor vehicle accident law firm with decades of experience and a contingency-fee approach. Highly comparable in service offering, Massachusetts geographic focus, and plaintiff-side practice emphasis.
• The Levin Firm: Northeast personal injury firm with significant Massachusetts presence handling auto accidents, premises liability, and wrongful death. Comparable in plaintiff-side practice, contingency fee model, and regional geographic scope.
• Kiley Law Group: Massachusetts personal injury firm with offices across the state handling car, truck, and motorcycle accidents. Directly comparable in practice area coverage, geographic footprint within MA, and contingency-based fee model.
• Law Offices of Jeffrey Glassman: Boston personal injury law firm specializing in car accidents, slip-and-fall, and related negligence claims. Comparable in client segment, contingency fee structure, and Boston metro service area.

Emerging players

• Napoli Shkolnik: National plaintiff-side firm with personal injury and mass tort practice that has expanded into New York and beyond. Comparable in personal injury practice mix and contingency model, with partial overlap in Massachusetts-adjacent markets.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/schwartz_law
• Facebookfacebook.com/JoelHSchwartz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/joel-h--schwartz-p-c-

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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