Ira Schwartz

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General Counsel
TEDCO – Office of the Attorney General

Ira Schwartz is most proud of his help launching TEDCO — Maryland Technology Development Corporation — which has played a significant role in advancing technology-based economic development in the state for over 25 years.

“I would like to think that my achievements—or at least those of the client I have helped establish and grow — have advanced the economic development of the state of Maryland for the benefit of all its citizens, and also promoted innovative treatments and cures for human diseases afflicting them by funding cutting-edge biomedical research via the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund,” Schwartz said.

Along with serving as general counsel at TEDCO, Schwartz is proud to serve as a member of the Maryland Stem Cell Research Commission, the governing body of the Maryland Stem Cell Research Fund. Housed by TEDCO, MSCRF promotes the development of treatments and cures for many human diseases.

Schwartz, who was TEDCO’s first lawyer and is now its general counsel, has also worked as a senior assistant attorney general for TEDCO and the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development.

He said his best decision was leaving his eponymous law practice after 18 years to work in public service through the state Office of the Attorney General, where he has worked for almost 30 years.

Schwartz earned his law degree, cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law and his bachelor’s degree, cum laude, from the University of Rochester.