David Swaim is one of the more than 7,000 immigration attorneys in United States. Before choosing David Swaim as your immigration attorney, you should consider whether David Swaim is a member of American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA), how much he or she charges for the services, if there is any hidden attorney fee, what's the fee schedule, whether he or she has good community reputation and is able to provide a list of good references. You can also contact the Board of Professional Responsibility of the state bar, to find out if David Swaim has ever been placed under any disciplinary actions. If there is any such disciplinary action, avoid using his or her services. Please be aware that, though David Swaim's office is located at Dallas, TX, he or she might belong to the bar association of other states.

Focus of Lawyer's Practice and Years Practice are also very important factors in your evaluation process. The more focused the lawyer's practice areas, the better service he or she could provide. Length of practice, however, can be both positive and negative for an immigration attorney. So do not make decisions solely on one or two factors. David Swaim has been admitted in Board Certified, Immigration & Nationality Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization. His or her practice areas include Immigration (family and employment).

David Swaim's college education includes Dedman School of Law, law school degree was from Southern Methodist University, other biographical background includes David Swaim, the Firm’s managing partner, is Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization (see full bio below). The Firm’s associate attorneys are selected for their educational accomplishments and their dedication to client service. Our senior paralegals must achieve the required immigration experience before they are promoted into the position. Quite simply, you will not find a more experienced immigration law firm than Tidwell, Swaim & Associates. Swain, treatedThe current Managing Partner, David Swaim, has been the Managing Partner of the firm since 1991. He began work with the firm as a Law Clerk in 1985, as an Associate Attorney in 1986. Mr. Swaim has successfully represented over 15,000 clients in immigration proceedings, in all areas of immigration law. His primary practice is in employment, business and investment cases. He developed many of the most innovative techniques for H-1 and labor certification cases and created the immigration procedures at dozens of companies such as Texas Instruments, i2 Technologies, Microtune and PDX. He is one of only three attorneys in Texas authorized to represent both the University of Texas System and the Texas A&M System. He represents all of the Texas A&M campuses as well as UTD and UTEP in the University of Texas System. He also represents many other colleges and universities such as Baylor University and Texas Christian University. David represents employers in all industries and sizes from Fortune 500 to start ups, including technology, research, accounting, architecture, marketing/advertising, communications, health care and engineering. He has represented many employers in the I-9 audit process (as well as other employment based audits) including the establishment of I-9 compliance policies and programs, employer initiated audits to test compliance and actual audits conducted by the government. For the first five years of his practice, he concentrated his practice in the area of deportation and immigration litigation. Since 1991 he has supervised every deportation case handled by the Firm and remains the responsible attorney for all deportation/removal case and all cases involving litigation including administrative appeals, actions in Federal Courts, case negotiations with ICE and CIS, and applications for relief such as asylum, adjustment of status, cancellation of removal, and other complex litigation issues. He works with a number of selected criminal defense attorneys throughout Texas on issues involving crimes committed by noncitizens which include consultation throughout the criminal process for immigration consequences, representation in Immigration Court for individuals with past criminal charges or convictions, and habeas corpus relief in State and Federal Court for past criminal conduct. He has either personally represented or supervised the cases for over 3000 individuals in removal/deportation proceedings, asylum, adjustment of status, cancellation of removal and other applications for relief from deportation. He has also successfully represented over 5,000 individuals in family immigration cases and naturalization/US citizenship matters. These cases include marriage (permanent residence, K-3 nonimmigrants, and K-1 fiancés), parents of citizens, children (as derivatives, immediate relatives, adoptions and step children), as well as removal of conditions cases involving joint petitioners and marriages which have terminated. Included in these cases are appeals of denied marriage petitions, successfully overturning findings of marriage fraud by the CIS and Immigration Courts, as well separated and/or abused spouses. For naturalization/citizenship cases Mr. Swaim has successfully represented thousands of new US citizens through the entire naturalization process including many complex cases involving criminal backgrounds, false document claims, and underlying problems with the original grant of permanent residence. David has provided over 300 immigration seminars to foreign students and faculty at colleges, universities and seminaries in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico and Mississippi. He currently gives annual seminars at the University of Texas School of Engineering in Austin, Texas A & M University (College Station, Canyon and Commerce), the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of North Texas, Texas Tech University, Texas Christian University, Southern Methodist University, the University of Arkansas and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Among Mr. Swaim’s many accomplishments in these areas since 1986: •Won an important case before the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals that helped establish the rule in Federal Court that the Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution and its “fundamental fairness” doctrine applies to deportation proceedings and all Immigration Judges. This case also helped established the principle that Immigration Officers who testify in court may be forced to prove their expertise on the subject about which they are testifying. Hernandez-Garza v. INS, 882 F.2d 945 (5th Cir. 1989). Read case here. •Obtained a Court Order from the Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas that the CIS is required by law to follow its own regulations as published regardless of the burden which it may place on the agency. This case involved the failure of CIS to grant work authorization under the 90 day requirement as mandated by CIS regulation and which applies to all work authorization requests filed with form I-765. •Successfully represented over 50 asylum applicants from El Salvador in deportation proceedings. In all cases the Firm’s client received either asylum (and later permanent residence) and some received permanent residence through labor certification and an employer sponsor. •Successfully represented (in deportation proceedings) the first habeas corpus case in Texas for a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in state criminal proceedings which was approved on appeal by the Texas Criminal Courts (by criminal defense attorney Craig Jett) and applied in deportation proceedings. This case formed the basis for hundreds of cases throughout Texas and other statues for individuals in deportation proceedings to reopen prior criminal proceedings because they were not properly advised of the immigration consequences of their plea in those criminal proceedings. Mr. Swaim has also appeared as an expert witness in many criminal hearings for writs of habeas corpus based ineffective assistance of counsel claims. •Won asylum for a gay Iranian citizen convicted of a serious crime in the US. •Obtained permanent residence for a family from Poland who had been denied asylum in the US many years before but remained eligible for permanent status through their US citizen daughter. The family was protected from deportation and ultimately received their green cards after appealing to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. •Successfully represented dozens of clients in mandamus actions in Federal District Court to force CIS to timely adjudicate pending applications for adjustment of status, naturalization/US citizenship, and work authorization (including students at a North Texas university). •Obtained the termination of deportation proceedings for clients arrested and detained for violation of status pursuant to the NSEERs program initiated after 9/11, which included successful arguments for writs of habeas corpus in Federal Court and successful adjustment of status applications in Immigration Court. •Successfully appealed the denial of naturalization applicant who was denied because he innocently voted in an election since he was given a voter registration card while a permanent resident. The case was appealed to Federal District Court and ultimately dismissed by Joint Motion of our Firm and the US District Attorney representing the CIS. The naturalization case was approved several months later. •Obtained the admission of a Canadian manager of a multi-national oil services company who we denied admission and excluded for a minor marijuana conviction over twenty years prior to the attempted entry. The appeal to Federal District Court in Houston was successful when the District Court Judge personally called the US Attorney for ICE and requested the case be resolved by admitting the Canadian citizen without the need for further order from the Court. The US Attorney and ICE complied with this request from the Judge within two days. •Prevented the deportation of a Pakistan national who had created a small business in the US and applied for L-1A status which was initially approved and then denied during the extension process. The Firm was retained to handle the case after denial of the extension by the Administrative Appeals Office of the CIS. Mr. Swaim filed a lawsuit in Federal District Court which resulted in a court order to CIS to approve the L-1A extension. Mr. Swaim also later obtained a court order which forced CIS to change the status to E-2 and the client was ultimately granted permanent residence through the same business. .

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