David E. Schwager is a partner of Chariton & Schwager. Listed in the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, Mr. Schwager maintains an active general business and transactional practice with particular emphasis in the areas of real estate, mortgage foreclosure and creditors' rights, business formation and governance, and business litigation. Mr. Schwager is admitted to practice before:
- All Pennsylvania courts
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
- United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Supreme Court of the United States
Active in the organized bar and professional activities, Mr. Schwager is a member of the House of Delegates of the Pennsylvania Bar Association as well as its Business Law Section and its Membership Development Committee. He also serves as:
- Vice Chair,Pennsylvania Bar Association By Laws Committee
- Chair, Real Property Division of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Member,Advisory Committee on Real Property Law of the Joint State Government Commission of the Pennsylvania General Assembly
- Treasurer, Middle District (PA) Bankruptcy Bar Association
- Member, Middle District Bankruptcy Court Rules Committee
- Past President, Luzerne County Bar Association Young Lawyers Division
- Past Chair, Pennsylvania Bar Association Statutory Law Committee
- Past Chair, Pennsylvania Bar Association Financing of Real Estate Committee
- Past Vice Chair of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and Business Law Committees of the American Bar Association/Young Lawyers Division
Equally active in many civic and charitable undertakings, Mr. Schwager is:
- Member, Executive Committee of the Lafayette College Alumni Association
- Member, Wyoming Seminary President's Council
- Past President, Wyoming Seminary Alumni Association
- Past Vice President, American Cancer Society
- Past Vice President, Greater Wilkes-Barre Jaycees
- Past Campaign Co-Chair, Osterhout Free Library
- Past Officer and Director, Wyoming Valley Sanitary Authority
- Past Director, Junior Leadership Wilkes-Barre
- Past President, Temple Israel
- Past President, S.J. Strauss Lodge of B'nai B'rith
- Chairman of the Board, United Hebrew Institute
- President, B'nai B'rith Apartments Foundation Board
- Chairman, 2007 Wilkes-Barre Jewish Federation Annual Campaign
- Past Director, Penns Woods Council of Girl Scouts of America
- Solicitor, District 16 Little League
- Solicitor, The Music Box Players, Swoyersville
- Solicitor, Northeast PA Scholastic Ice Hockey League
