Morgan L. Swing

Special Counsel

  • Morgan L. Swing
  • Phone: +1 305 960 2352

    Import to Address Book

  • Duane Morris LLP
    201 S. Biscayne Boulevard, Suite 3400
    Miami, FL 33131-4325
    USA

Morgan L. Swing is a litigator in the firm’s Trial Practice Group with significant experience handling a wide-variety of complex and high-stakes commercial  litigation in federal and state courts. She represents  international, national, and local companies as well as individuals in multiple industries, including Fortune 500 companies, mid-cap companies, institutional lenders, commercial banks and borrowers, small businesses, family businesses, and high net-worth individuals, in all stages of litigation, including mediation and through trial and appeal, throughout the United States. She represents her clients in a wide-range of subject areas, including real estate, contract disputes, lender and workout disputes, securities fraud, construction, corporate governance disputes, partnership disputes, consumer products, media, and constitutional matters. She also advises clients in pre-litigation disputes.

Swing is a graduate of the George Washington University Law School (J.D., 2005) and Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 2002). She is fluent in Spanish and proficient in French and Portuguese. She previously served as Co-Chair of the Firm’s Associates Committee, serves as a liaison for the Firm’s Fashion, Retail and Consumer Branded Products Group, and is an active member of the Firm’s Pro Bono Program. Among other things, she has also served as a representative for the Yale Alumni Assembly and served on the committees of numerous community organizations, including the United Way of Miami-Dade. She is a graduate of the Leadership Miami program.

Areas of Practice

  • Construction
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Trial
  • Creditors' Rights

Admissions

  • Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Education

  • The George Washington University Law School, J.D., 2005
  • Yale University, B.A., cum laude, 2002

Experience

  • Duane Morris LLP
    - Special Counsel, 2026-present
    - Senior Associate, 2025
    - Associate, 2017-2024
  • Carlton Fields PA
    - Senior Associate, 2009-2017
  • Coffey Burlington PL
    - Associate, 2008-2009
  • Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson PA
    - Associate, 2005-2008

Professional Activities

  • Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce
    - Graduate, 36th Class of Leadership Miami, 2014-2015
    - Founder of LevelUp Miami
  • American Bar Association
    - Young Lawyers Division, Vice-Director of Liaisons
    -- Litigation Committee Co-Chair and Vice-Chair
    -- Public Service Project Team, Vice-Coordinator
    - Articles Editor, Section of Litigation–Corporate Counsel Division
    - Recipient, Star of the Quarter Award, May 2015
  • The Commonwealth Institute Strategies for Success Program
    - Graduate, 2014 Inaugural Class
  • The Beacon Council
    - New Leaders Taskforce
  • Ellevate Network, South Florida Chapter
    - Leadership Committee

Civic and Charitable Activities

  • United Way Young Leaders
    - Executive Committee Board Member
  • Yale Club of South Florida
  • Co-Chair, Yale College 15-Year Reunion Committee

Honors and Awards

  • Named a "Top Up & Comer," South Florida Legal Guide, 2019-2021

  • Listed in Florida Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2020

Selected Publications

Selected Speaking Engagements

  • Speaker, "Luxury Goods and Legacy Liabilities," Financial Asset Recovery Analytics LLC Webinar, March 1, 2022