James R. Swanson

Jim Swanson is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Section. He represents state and local governments, corporations, and individuals in cases involving municipal finance, derivatives, CDOs, Ponzi schemes, corporate tax, coastal land loss, environmental damage, industrial and environmental accidents, and a range of other subject areas. Jim’s efforts are recorded in over 100 reported decisions. · Fishman Haygood LLP

United StatesMunicipal Finance, Securities Litigation

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Jim Swanson is a partner in the Litigation Section at Fishman Haygood LLP. He represents state and local governments, corporations, and individuals in securities litigation, municipal finance, environmental damage, and complex commercial disputes, and has obtained multimillion-dollar judgments and settlements, including in the Stanford Ponzi scheme litigation.

Practice areas

Municipal FinanceSecurities LitigationDerivativesCollateralized Debt ObligationsPonzi SchemesCorporate TaxCoastal Land LossEnvironmental DamageIndustrial AccidentsEnvironmental AccidentsInternational ArbitrationInfrastructure and Industrial DevelopmentCommercial Litigation

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United States

Fishman Haygood LLP · Jim Swanson is a partner in the firm’s Litigation Section. He represents state and local governments, corporations, and individuals in cases involving municipal finance, derivatives, CDOs, Ponzi schemes, corporate tax, coastal land loss, environmental damage, industrial and environmental accidents, and a range of other subject areas. Jim’s efforts are recorded in over 100 reported decisions.

United States

Expertise

Securities LitigationEnvironmental LawInternational ArbitrationInfrastructure and Industrial DevelopmentCommercial Disputes

Education

J.D., magna cum laude, from Tulane University School of Law, 1987
B.A. from Tulane University, 1984