“I was assisting a client with a wetland compliance matter and out on a field inspection with the farmer and the Indiana State Compliance Specialist. The farmer told the Specialist that his attorney was John Schwarz. The Compliance specialist told the farmer, “Mr. Schwarz really knows his stuff, and “actually knows the rules and regulations better than the Farm Service Agency”. He told the farmer that if there was anyone that could find a way to get the farmer through the wetland violation, it was Mr. Schwarz.”

“Our farm was accused by the USDA of a wetland violation. In all, we were facing over 1.2 million dollars in penalties. We would have had to sell part of our farm to pay for the penalty. We hired Mr. Schwarz and he helped us take our matter to the National Appeals Division. We were successful, and Mr. Schwarz was able to get our penalties reduced to approximately $2400.00. Mr. Schwarz saved our farming operation.”

“Our farm was faced with a National Resource Conservation Service wetland violation that potentially had millions of dollars in penalties. John was able to resolve this issue for us without any penalties.”