About the author
Harvey A. Schwartz is one of Massachusetts' leading civil rights attorneys. For more than thirty years, Mr. Schwartz has tried cases and appeals from the Massachusetts trial courts to the United States Supreme Court. Mr. Schwartz received the Wilbur Knight McNair Award in 2002 from the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts in recognition for his life-long contribution to civil rights and civil liberties. In 2007 he received the President's Award from the Boston Bar Association in recognition for his representation of two Saudi detainees at Guantanamo Bay. Among his legal accomplishments is a successful First Amendment challenge to Massachusetts' prohibition of tattooing. He is an experienced sailor and a licensed glider pilot. He and his wife have a house on a salt marsh in Ipswich, north of Boston. They presently live on Hoop Doet Leven, a 1926 Dutch barge cruising the rivers and canals of France.
Harvey Schwartz can be contacted at his email address at schwartzharvey@mac.com. His law firm's web site is at www.TheEmploymentLawyers.com. His blog about barging in France is at www.onabargeinfrance.com.