Daniel D. Swanson

Senior Shareholder
Chairman of the Board of Directors
toll free: 1-800-967-1234
phone: (248) 746-4046
fax: (248) 936-2172

 

Mr. Swanson has extensive experience in employment litigation, handling claims of breach of employment contract, non-competition agreements, discrimination, defamation, sales representative commission disputes and other employment-related actions. In addition, he regularly represents individuals in severance negotiations. He also has substantial commercial litigation experience and acts as a state court case evaluator for employment and complex commercial litigation cases. In other work, his clients have included automotive suppliers, vocational schools, computer sales and services companies and a wholesale food distributor.  Daniel has achieved two multi-million dollar trial verdicts in his career.

 

Education:
- The University of Michigan Law School, JD
- University of Michigan, BGL

 

- Employment Law
- Employment Discrimination Litigation
- Compensation Disputes
- Sexual Harassment

- State of Michigan

 Accomplishments:
- Obtaining two multimillion dollar trial verdicts.
- Elected to the Council of Labor and Employment
  Section of the State Bar of Michigan (2004).
- Selected as one of the "Best Lawyers in America"
  in employment law.
- Top 100 Michigan Lawyers,
  Detroit News Super Lawyers 2008.
- American Constitutional Society, Board of Directors
- Author, "Damages from A to Z in Employment Actions: The Plaintiff's Perspective", The Institute of Continuing Legal Education, 33rd Annual Labor & Employment Law Institute Seminar.

 Elected Position:
- January 2010, elected to serve on the Board of Directors of Cass Community Social Services.   Cass Community Social Services, a non-profit that helps the poor in Detroit,

Professional Associations and Memberships:
- American Bar Association 
- Federal Bar Association 
- Michigan Bar Association 
- State Court, Mediator
- Oakland County Bar Association,
  Labor and Employment Section, Past Chairman
- American Constitution Society, Board of Directors