David A. Szwak

Background

Szwak, David A. was born on September 30, 1963 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States.

Education

Louisiana State University (B.S, 1987. Juris Doctor, 1991).

Career

Worked at Bodenheimer, Jones & Szwak, Limited liability partnership (Shreveport, Los Angeles) specializing in Insurance Defense, Consumer Credit, Commercial Litigation. Admitted to the bar, 1991, Louisiana, United States. District Court, Western, Eastern and Middle Districts of Louisiana, United States.

District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, United States.

District Court, Southern and Northern Districts of Texas and United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

1995, United States. Court of Appeals, Eighth and Eleventh Circuits.

Author: "Louisiana Premises Liability in the Post-Cates v. Beauregard Electric Cooperative Era," Louisiana Law Review, Volume(s).53, Issue 6, p.1935, 1993.

"Theft of Identity—A Credit Nightmare," Texas Bar Journal, Volume 56, Number.10, p.944, November, 1993, reprinted, The Docket, National Association of Legal Secretaries, Volume(s).43, Issue 4, p.31, January-February, 1994, reprinted (in three parts), The Bar Review, Shreveport Bar Association, Volume(s).3, Number.2, February-April, 1994, reprinted, The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers Journal, Number.381, p.27, June, 1994, reprinted, The Prairie Barrister, Nebraska Association of Trial Lawyers, p10., Summer, 1994. "Trespassers and the Attractive Nuisance Doctrine in Louisiana," The Bar Review, Shreveport Bar Association, Volume(s).4, Number.1, p.10, August, 1994.

"Temporomandibular Joint (Temporomandibular Joint Disorders): A Primer, The Bar Review, Shreveport Bar Association, Vo.4, Number.2, P.1, September, 1994.

Company-Author: "Networking Personal Computers for Word Processing Purposes," The Bar Review, Shreveport Bar Association, Volume(s).4, Number.3, p.9, October, 1994. "Theft of Identity, Call it Data Rape," The Alaska Bar Rag, Alaska Bar Association, Volume(s).18, Number.6, P.20, November-December, 1994. "Theft of Identity: Roadkill on the Information Highway," Trial Bar News, New Hampshire Bar Association—Helms Publications, Volume(s).16, pp.181-188, Winter, 1994.

"Theft of Identity: Data Rape," The Colorado Lawyer, Colorado Bar Association, Volume(s).24, Number.1, p.23, January, 1995, reprinted, "Voire Dire," Mississippi Trial Lawyers Association, p.14-18, Winter, 1994, reprinted, The Prairie Barrister, Nebraska Association of Trial Lawyers, p.15, Fall, 1994, reprinted, Advocate, Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, pp.

8-10, December, 1994, reprinted, The West Virginia Trial Lawyers Association, The Advocate, pp.16-17, Winter, 1994, reprinted, The Vermont Bar Journal and Law Digest, Vermont Bar Association, pp.45-46, February, 1995, reprinted, The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, The New Lawyer Forum, February, 1995. Reprinted, "Michigan Bar Journal," Michigan Bar Association, Volume 74, Number.

3, pp 300-302 (March 1995). "Credit Cards in America," John Marshall Journal of Computer and Information Law, John Marshall Law School Law Review, Chicago, Illinois, Volume XIII, Issue 4, pp.573-584 (Summer, 1995).

Reprinted, "The Prairie Barrister," Nebraska Association of Trial Lawyers, pp.5-8 (Summer, 1994).

Early release, "The Bar Review," Shreveport Bar Association, volume.4, Number. 6, p.4 (January, 1995). "Data Rape: Theft of Identity," "The Pennsylvania Lawyer," Pennsylvania Bar Association, pp.16-41 (September-October, 1995).

"Data Rape: High Technical Theft of Credit Identities," The National Law Journal, Corporate Counsel Edition, January 16, 1995, pp.C18-19.

"False Arrest in Louisiana," The Bar Review, Shreveport Bar Association, Volume(s).4, Number.7, p.4, February, 1995. "Appellate Review of Facts in Louisiana," The Bar Review, Shreveport Bar Association, Volume(s).4, Number.7, pp.6-7, February, 1995.

"Theft of Identity-How "Credit Pirates" Live in Luxury on Victim"s Identities," Nevada Lawyer, Nevada Bar Association, Volume(s).3, Number.3, pp.22-25, March, 1995. Theft of Identity: Beware," OSB Bulletin, Oregon Bar Association, pp.15-18, May, 1995.

"Fishing in Discovery," The Bar Review, Shreveport Bar Association, Volume(s).4, Number.

9, p6 (June 1995). Contributing Author: with Bill Effinger, "Making Crime Pay: How Identity Thieves Cash in on Your Credit," New Hope Press, 1995. Contributing Author: "Appellate Review of Fact," LABI Court Watch, Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, Volume(s).III, Number.3, April 5, 1995.

Lecturer: "Continuing legal education By the Hour," Fair Credit Reporting and Credit Cards, Shreveport Bar Association, December 9, 1994.

Privacy Summit, Washington, District of Columbia (January 13-14, 1995. "Automobile Insurance and Credit," Young People"s Law School, Shreveport Bar Association, (May, 1995). Fair Credit Reporting and Credit Cards, The Academy of New Orleans Trial Lawyers, (August, 1995).

Check Fraud and Credit Fraud Conference, International Business Communications (International Biographic Centre), New York City, (September, 1995).

Creidt Professionals International, Baton Rouge Chapter (April, 1992). Featured: J. Rothfeder, "Nothing Personal: Privacy"s Dead.

Your Life"s an Open File Online," NetGuide, pp.61-62 (July, 1995). South. Garfinkel, "Separating Equifax From Fiction," Wired, pp.96-107 (September, 1995).

East. Hendricks, "Biggest Yet! Texas Couple Wins $1.45 Million Foreign "Idaho Theft," Privacy Times, Volume(s).15, Number.18, pp.1-3 (October, 1995).

American Broadcasting Company - Nightline (June, 1994). television Asahi, Asahi, Japan (April, 1994). Founding Member, Credit Fraud Research Institute, Incorporated.

"Credit Cards in America," reprinted, "The Vermont Bar Journal and Law Digest," Vermont Bar Association, Volume(s).21, Number.5, pp.38-41, (October, 1995).

"Laying the Cards on the Table," "Facts and Findings," The Journal Foreign Legal Assistants, National Association of Legal Assistants, Volume XXII, Issue 3, pp.26-42 (November 1995). Fair Credit Reporting, Credit Cards and Computer Crime, National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), San Francisco, California (November 1995).

"Laying the Cards on the Table," Facts & Findings, reprinted, The Digest, The Arizona Paralegal Association, pp. 1-6, (January, 1996).

Member: Shreveport (Editor, The Bar Review, 1994), Louisiana, Federal and American Bar Associations.

Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association. Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel. Harry V. Booth American Inns of Court (Pupil, Shreveport Chapter, 1993-1994).

Achievements

• David A. Szwak has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell.

Membership

Member, Credit Fraud Research Institute, Incorporated. "Credit Cards in America," reprinted, "The Vermont Bar Journal and Law Digest," Vermont Bar Association, Volume(s).21, Number.5, pp.38-41, (October, 1995). "Laying the Cards on the Table," "Facts and Findings," The Journal Foreign Legal Assistants, National Association of Legal Assistants, Volume XXII, Issue 3, pp.26-42 (November 1995).

Fair Credit Reporting, Credit Cards and Computer Crime, National Consumer Law Center (NCLC), San Francisco, California (November 1995).

"Laying the Cards on the Table," Facts & Findings, reprinted, The Digest, The Arizona Paralegal Association, pp. 1-6, (January, 1996).

Member: Shreveport (Editor, The Bar Review, 1994), Louisiana, Federal and American Bar Associations. Louisiana Trial Lawyers Association.

Louisiana Association of Defense Counsel.

Harry V. Booth American Inns of Court (Pupil, Shreveport Chapter, 1993-1994).