Background
Swerling, Jack B. was born on May 30, 1946 in New York, New York, United States.
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Jack B. Swerling
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Clemson University (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). University of South Carolina (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Career
Admitted to the bar, 1973, South Carolina and United States. District Court, District of South Carolina. 1974, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
1976, United States.
Supreme Court. Phi Alpha Delta. Recipient, American Jurisprudence Award. Faculty: University of South Carolina School of Law.
National Institute of Trial Advocacy.
University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Department of Neuropsychiatry. Listed: Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.
Who"s Who in American Law. National Directory of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Best Lawyers in America.
M/Doctorate Register. Author: "The Right to Free Speech Versus the Right to a Fair Trial-Balancing Competing Interests," 42 South.C.L.R. 901 (1991). "The Preliminary Hearing as a Discovery Device," Fall, 1982, The South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association, Bulletin.
Inside Drug Law, "Handling the Preliminary Hearing in Drug Cases," Volume 1, Number 5, December, 1984.
South Carolina Lawyer, "Jury Charges for Self-Defense in Homicide Cases," September/October, 1989. South Carolina Lawyer, "Defending the Battered Woman," December, 1990. South Carolina Trial Notebook, Volumes I, II and III (South Carolina (U.S.) Bar 1991).
Member, South Carolina Board of Bar Examiners, 1987-1992.
Member, Board of Commissioners and Grievance and Discipline. Member, South Carolina Pre-Trial Intervention Advisory Committee, 1980-1982.
Appointed Advisory Committee, The Child Victim Court Notebook by the Governor, 1987. Member: South Carolina Legislative Committee on Indigent Defense, 1990.
South Carolina Uniform Jury Charge Project, Criminal Drafting Committee, 1991-1994.
Chairman, South Carolina Criminal Docket Committee. Member: Richland County (Chairman, Criminal Law Committee, 1989-1991) and American (Member, Section of Criminal Justice) Bar Associations. South Carolina Bar (Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1985-1986).
American Judicature Society.
The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1981-1984).
South Carolina Criminal Trial Lawyers Association. The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
American Judicature Society.
Civil Justice Foundation. Life Fellow, South Carolina Bar Foundation. Permanent Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers.
American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. American Board of Criminal Lawyers.
Achievements
Membership
Member, South Carolina Board of Bar Examiners, 1987-1992. Member, Board of Commissioners and Grievance and Discipline. Member, South Carolina Pre-Trial Intervention Advisory Committee, 1980-1982.
Appointed Advisory Committee, The Child Victim Court Notebook by the Governor, 1987.
Member: South Carolina Legislative Committee on Indigent Defense, 1990. South Carolina Uniform Jury Charge Project, Criminal Drafting Committee, 1991-1994.
Chairman, South Carolina Criminal Docket Committee. Member: Richland County (Chairman, Criminal Law Committee, 1989-1991) and American (Member, Section of Criminal Justice) Bar Associations.
South Carolina Bar (Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1985-1986).
American Judicature Society. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America. South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association (Chairman, Criminal Law Section, 1981-1984).
South Carolina Criminal Trial Lawyers Association.
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. American Judicature Society.
Civil Justice Foundation. Life Fellow, South Carolina Bar Foundation.
Permanent Member, Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference.
Fellow: American College of Trial Lawyers. American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. American Board of Criminal Lawyers.
