David Swift has broad civil and criminal litigation experience, with an emphasis on complex business litigation, intellectual property, and criminal defense. Mr. Swift currently serves on the Judicial Appointments Committee of the Los Angeles County Bar Association, which is responsible for evaluating and rating candidates for judicial office. Mr. Swift also serves on the Litigation Section Executive Committee for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
In 2009-2010, Mr. Swift served as the President of the Los Angeles County Bar Association Barristers, and from 2008-2010, Mr. Swift served on the Executive Committee and Board of Trustees for the Los Angeles County Bar Association.
In 2009, Mr. Swift represented DocuLex Inc. and its officers in a copyright, trademark and breach of contract action in the Northern District of California. After creating and implementing a targeted discovery plan, Mr. Swift brought a motion for summary judgment, which the court granted. See ExperExchange Inc. v. DocuLex Inc., et al., 2009 WL 3837275 (N.D.Cal. 2009). The Court also awarded DocuLex over $635,000 in fees and costs as a prevailing defendant under the Copyright Act. See ExperExchange Inc. v. DocuLex Inc., et al., 2010 WL 1881484 (N.D.Cal. 2010).
Mr. Swift earned his J.D. from the University of Southern California School of Law, where he served as the President of the USC Public Interest Law Foundation, was a member of the USC Law Review and was elected to the Order of the Coif. After law school, Mr. Swift served as a law clerk to the Honorable Cynthia Holcomb Hall in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Before joining KWIKA, Mr. Swift practiced civil litigation at the Los Angeles office of Munger Tolles & Olson.
Mr. Swift graduated from Pomona College with a B.A. in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. At Pomona, he served as the Associate Chair of the Pomona College Judicial Council and was a four-year member of the men’s varsity soccer team.
In 2011, Mr. Swift was named to the New Leaders Council’s “40 Under 40,” a national award recognizing 40 progressive leaders under the age of 40.
In 2010 and 2011, Mr. Swift was recognized as a “Rising Star” in Super Lawyers magazine—an honor awarded to the top 2.5% of lawyers in the Southern California area under 40 years of age.
Publications:
A State’s Power to Enter into a Consent Decree that Violates State Law Provisions: What ‘Findings’ of a Violation are Sufficient to Justify a Consent Decree that Trumps State Law? Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights (10 Tex. J. on C. L. & C. R. 37 (2004)).
