Keith Swisher
Professor Keith Swisher directs the Bachelor of Law and Master of Legal Studies Programs at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law. Prof. Swisher teaches legal ethics and procedure, serves as ethics counsel and expert witness to lawyers, law firms, and judges, and represents indigent defendants in the Ninth Circuit. His scholarship is regularly published and cited in the areas of legal and judicial ethics and disqualification, and he previously founded and edited the first blogs on judicial ethics and lawyer disqualification. He is a member of the ABA’s Standing Committee on Ethics and Professional Responsibility and has served on the Editorial Board of ABA/BNA Lawyers' Manual on Professional Conduct. In 2011, he received the ABA's Rosner & Rosner Young Lawyer Professionalism Award, and in 2016, he received the AJC's Learned Hand Emerging Leadership Award.
Previously, Prof. Swisher clerked for the Ninth Circuit (Canby, J.) and practiced at Osborn Maledon in Phoenix.
Education
- LL.M. Harvard Law School2007Editor, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review
- J.D. Arizona State University College of Law2004Graduated summa cum laude.
- B.S. Arizona State University2001Graduated summa cum laude.
Work Experience
- Faculty Director, BA in Law and Master of Legal Studies ProgramsJames E. Rogers College of Law2017
- Ethics Counsel and ExpertSwisher P.C., Scottsdale, Arizona2012 - present
- Panel AttorneyCriminal Justice Act Appellate Panel, Phoenix, Arizona2009 - present
- Associate Professor of LawPhoenix School of Law; Arizona Summit Law School2011 - 2015
- Associate Dean of Faculty ResearchArizona Summit Law School2013 - 2014
- Associate Dean of Faculty DevelopmentPhoenix School of Law2011 - 2013
- Assistant Professor of LawPhoenix School of Law2009 - 2011
- Adjunct Professor of LawArizona State University College of Law2008 - 2009
- Research AssistantProfessor Andrew Kaufman, Harvard Law School2006 -2007
- AssociateOsborn Maledon, PA, Phoenix, Arizona2005 - 2006; 2007 - 2009
- Judicial ClerkshipHonorable William C. Canby, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit2004 - 2005
- Law ClerkFederal Public Defender's Office, Capital Habeas Unit, District of Arizona2004