Martin L. Swaden
Martin Swaden
Edina
Minnesota (MN)
Family Law
Alternative Dispute Resolution
Profile
Martin L. Swaden has practiced divorce and matrimonial law for 36 years, including cases with multimillion-dollar estates and hotly contested child custody issues. Swaden has been listed in The Best Lawyers in America since 1997. He has been named in the "Top 100 Attorneys in Minnesota" (2005) in the Minnesota Journal of Law and Politics, "Top 40 Minnesota Family Law Attorneys" in the Minnesota Journal of Law and Politics from 1994 to the present, and a Minnesota Superlawyer in the Minnesota Journal of Law and Politics amd Mpls-St. Paul Magazine since 1994. Swaden is co-author of the Minnesota Practice Volume on Family Law, published by West Publishing, and he is the past President of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. Swaden is a member of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the Hennepin County Bar Association Family Law Committee, and the Family Law Section of the Minnesota State Bar Association. Swaden also has taught as an adjunct professor at Hamline Law School. Swaden is doing extensive work in the area of Alternate Dispute Resolution in Family Law as a mediator, an arbitrator, a Consensual Special Magistrate, a Financial Early Neutral Evaluator, a Custody Early Neutral Evaluator, and a Parenting Consultant. A professional singer before he entered law school, Swaden performed with the Minnesota Opera Company for 12 seasons.
Selected To
Minnesota Super Lawyers 2011
Minnesota Super Lawyers 2010
Minnesota Super Lawyers 2009
Minnesota Super Lawyers 2008
Minnesota Super Lawyers 2007
Minnesota Super Lawyers 2006
Minnesota Super Lawyers 2005
Minnesota Super Lawyers 2004
Minnesota Super Lawyers 2003
Certifications and Credentials
Top Lists
About Martin Swaden
Admitted: 1975, Minnesota
Professional Webpage: www.swaden.com/martin.htm
Honors and Awards:
- Listed in "Best Lawyers in America" (1997 to the present), Received Certificate of Appreciation from the Minnesota Trial Lawyer's Association, Listed in Top 100 Lawyers in Minnesota and Top 40 Family Law Attorneys in Minnesota by the Minnesota Journal of Law and Politics., Graduated with Honors, University of Michigan, 1970
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- Completed mediation, early neutral evaluation training, and arbitration training in family law, has served as Consensual Special Magistrate.
Bar/Professional Activity:
- President, Minnesota Chapter, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (1992), Member of Minnesota Chapter of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (1985 to present), Member of International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (1998 to present), Chairman, Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association Family Law Committee (1980-1985), Executive Committee of Hennepin County Bar Association Family Law Committee (1980-1985), Member of Board of Governors of Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association (1983-1985), Member of Minnesota Bar Association Family Law Committee, former member of Fourth Judicial District Ethics Committee
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Minnesota Practice Series, West Publishing, Family Law (co-author), "Custodial Rights in Minnesota" (Minnesota Family Law Journal), "DeLaRosa v. DeLaRosa, Where do we go from here?" (Minnesota Trial Lawyer's Magazine), Family Law Legislative Update (Minnesota Trial Lawyer's Magazine), Uniform Parentage Act (Minnesota Trial Lawyer's Magazine), Family Law--The Financial Paper Chase (Minnesota CLE), Custody Options (Minnesota Institute of Legal Education), Valuation of Marital Assets (Minnesota Trial Lawyer's Association and Minnesota Chapter of American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers), Minnesota Family Law Update (National Business Institute), Efficient Operation of a Family Law Practice (Minneaota Trail Lawyer's Association).
Other Outstanding Achievements:
- Appointed by the Minnesota Supreme Court to the Family Law Rules Committee, Family Court Referee by special assignment, Adjunct Professor of Law, William Mitchell College of Law and Hamline University School of Law
Educational Background:
- JD, Pepperdine University School of Law, 1975BA with Distinction, University of Michigan, 1970
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