Background
Swysen, Catherine J. was born on December 8, 1961 in Brussels, Belgium.
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Catherine J. Swysen
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Université Libre de Bruxelles (Bachelor of Arts, History, 1982. Master of Arts, 1984). Santa Barbara College of Law (Juris Doctor, 1994).
Spoken languages: French.
Career
Worked at Sanger & Swysen (Santa Barbara, California) specializing in Criminal Defense and Civil Litigation (State and Federal), including Business Litigation, Civil Rights, Discrimination, Wrongful Termination and Law Enforcement Misconduct. Admitted to the bar, 1994, California and United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of California.
1995, United States.
District Court, Northern and Central Districts of California. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award, Civil Procedure, 1992. Director, Women"s Political Committee.
Member: Santa Barbara County and American Bar Associations.
California Attorneys for Criminal Justice. Women Defenders; Association of California Deuce Attorneys.
Santa Barbara Women Lawyers. Santa Barbara Inns of Court.
Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Lawyers Bar Association (Company-Chair, 1996).
Barristers Club of Santa Barbara (Director). Death Penalty Focus (Director). Robert M. Sanger founded the firm in 1973 emphasizing criminal defense of business and white collar allegations as well as homicide, property, drug and alcohol offenses.
The firm"s civil litigation includes defense of securities fraud and other business litigation.
On a selective basis, the firm represents plaintiffs in civil rights cases involving race, age, sex, violation of public policy, disability discrimination, law enforcement misconduct cases and other complex litigation. The firm also handles felony writs and appeals and the defense of misdemeanors including drunk driving cases.
Achievements
Membership
Member: Santa Barbara County and American Bar Associations. California Attorneys for Criminal Justice. Women Defenders; Association of California Deuce Attorneys.
Santa Barbara Women Lawyers.
Santa Barbara Inns of Court. Santa Barbara Criminal Defense Lawyers Bar Association (Company-Chair, 1996).
Barristers Club of Santa Barbara (Director). Death Penalty Focus (Director).
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American