Professional Bio
Practice Areas Adoption; child custody; foster
care and child welfare law; legal consulting to child and social welfare agencies.
Education San Francisco State University, B.A., 1973;
Admitted 1976, District of
Columbia; 1986, Maryland.
Born September 17, 1947.
Experience Harvey Schweitzer has been
involved in child welfare and related issues since 1980 when he helped create
the Counsel for Child Abuse and Neglect Office at the D.C. Superior Court. He
has been legal counsel to the (D.C.) Consortium for Child Welfare. He is now a consultant to the (D.C.) Healthy
Families/Thriving Communities Collaborative Council; and is an adjunct
professor at Columbus School of Law, Catholic University of America where he
teaches juvenile law. He provides advice
and representation to many nonprofit child serving agencies and represents
social workers in licensing and disciplinary proceedings. Mr. Schweitzer
frequently lectures to lawyers and child welfare professionals on the topics of
confidentiality, child abuse and neglect, mandatory reporting laws, testifying
in court, adoption and laws pertaining to children in general. Mr. Schweitzer
engages in trial and appellate litigation.
Memberships Fellow, American Academy of
Adoption Attorneys.
Publications Co-author, Foster Care Law: A Primer (Carolina Academic Press 2004).
Contact: Phone: 301 469-3387 Fax: 301 469-3371
Website: www.schweitzerlaw.net
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