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Farm Lawyer

Raised on a family farm in Indiana, John Schwarz earned an engineering degree from Tri-State University and a law degree from Indiana University. His passion for farming and helping his community led John to establish his legal practice in 2011, specializing in agricultural law, farm succession planning, real estate law, and more. When he's not practicing, he is an active farmer in Cass County, Indiana, where he cultivates corn, wheat, and soybeans.

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Dec. 11, 2025

Sticky Lawyers Looks Back: The Niche Pioneers

What makes a lawyer irreplaceable? It's not credentials or years of experience. It's not how much money you make or the size of your firm. What makes you irreplaceable is being the answer to a specific question. When someone has a particular legal problem, there's only one name they think of. Yours. In this special compilation episode, John Reed celebrates the niche pioneers—Sticky Lawyers who saw unserved markets or entirely new legal questions and said, "I'm gonna own this." We’ll hear from lawyers who blazed trails for themselves and others in bicycle law, exploration law, paranormal law, and international war crimes. We’ll get insights from attorneys who counsel space companies, craft brewers, video game developers, outdoor recreation businesses, Amazon resellers, and graphic novelists. These lawyers established a vision for their practice and then went to extraordinary lengths to make it happen.
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Nov. 21, 2023

Farming and Law: How One Sticky Lawyer Manages to Do Both

Raised on an Indiana farm by an engineer dad who farmed after work, attorney John Schwarz has never been a stranger to long days and manual labor. He knows firsthand the struggles farmers face dealing with the USDA Farm Service Agency, grain contracts, solar leases, and all the farm-related legal issues in between. As a row crop farmer, he’s deep in the dirt with them. This sticky farm lawyer describes his mission to help other farmers in a profession fraught with big risks. Listen as John tells us how he balances two full-time jobs, markets his practice by writing for farming magazines, and what he believes are the biggest challenges for farmers today.