Martin L. Swaden
Martin L. Swaden has 35+ years of experience working in divorce and matrimonial law. He graduated with distinction from the University of Michigan and received his J.D. from Pepperdine University School of Law. He has been a divorce and matrimonial attorney since 1975.
Formerly, he was a partner in Meshbesher, Singer and Spence, Ltd. Law firm as their primary divorce and matrimonial law attorney.
Martin carries and has held many titles and distinctions including the following:
- Fellow and President-Elect in 1991 of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML), a national society of qualified divorce attorneys, imminently limited by invitation, who have successfully completed membership requirements.
- Member of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, an international society of imminently qualified divorce attorneys, selected by invitation, who have successfully completed membership requirements.
- Listed in the "Best Lawyers in America" since 1997
- A "Top 40 Minnesota Family Law Attorneys" in the Minnesota Journal of Law and Politics from 1994 to present
- A "Minnesota Superlawyer" in the Minnesota Journal of Law and Politics and Mpls-St. Paul Magazine since 1994
- A "Leading Minnesota Attorney" ever since that designation was created.
- Past President of the Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- A member of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers
- Past Chairman of the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association Family Law Committee
- Past member of the Board of Governors of the Minnesota Trial Lawyers Association
- A past member of the Executive Committee of the Hennepin County Family Law Committee
- A member of the Minnesota Bar Association Family Law Committee
- A past member of the Fourth Judicial District Ethics Committee.
Mr. Swaden has also been an adjunct Professor at William Mitchell College of Law and Hamline University School of Law. He has been appointed by the Minnesota Supreme Court to serve on the Family Law Rules Committee, and has been a frequent contributor to various legal publications as well as a legal seminar faculty speaker.
Mr. Swaden has performed with the Minnesota Opera Company chorus from 1997 to present.
Martindale Hubbell Law Directory, biography, AV (highest rating)
