Background
Swensen, January C. was born on July 16, 1937 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
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January C. Swensen
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University of Pittsburgh (Bachelor of Science, 1959). Dickinson School of Law and University of Pittsburgh (Juris Doctor, 1962).
Career
Worked at Swensen & Perer (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) specializing in Civil and Criminal Trial Practice in all State and Federal Courts, Plaintiffs" Health Care Insurance Claims, Plaintiffs" Personal Injury, Negligence, Products Liability, Breast Implant, Commercial Litigation, Toxic Torts, Worker"s Compensation, Medical Malpractice and White Collar Crime. Admitted to the bar, 1963, Pennsylvania, United States. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit and United States.
District Court, Eastern, Middle and Western Districts of Pennsylvania.
1965-1982, United States. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals.
1974, United States. Supreme Court. 1984, United States.
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. President, Edgewood School District, Pennsylvania, 1980-1981.
Vice President, Woodland Hills School District, 1981. Solicitor Edgewood Borough, 1988.
Member, Board of Trustees, Ohio Valley College.
Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County. University of Pittsburgh Law Alumni Association (Former Member, Board of Directors).
In 1980, January C. Swensen and Alan H. Perer formed Swensen & Perer after previously serving with a long established Pittsburgh law firm.
In 1990, J. Alan Johnson, the former United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania joined the firm, and the firm"s name was changed to Swensen, Perer & Johnson.
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Membership
Member, Board of Trustees, Ohio Valley College. Member: Allegheny County, Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations. Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County.
University of Pittsburgh Law Alumni Association (Former Member, Board of Directors).
