J. David Swaim, Jr. has been the Managing Partner of the Firm since 1991 and has practiced immigration law with the Firm since 1986. David has successfully represented over 15,000 clients in immigration proceedings, in all areas of immigration law. His primary practice is in employment, business and investment cases. He developed many of the most innovative techniques for H-1 and labor certification cases and created the immigration procedures at dozens of companies such as Texas Instruments, i2 Technologies, Microtune and PDX. He is one of only three attorneys in Texas authorized to represent both the University of Texas System and the Texas A&M System, and represents many other colleges and universities such as Baylor University and Texas Christian University. He has been retained specifically to represent the University of Texas at Dallas and the University of Texas at El Paso. David represents employers in all industries and sizes from Fortune 500 to start ups, including technology, research, accounting, architecture, marketing/advertising, communications, health care and engineering.
David has been Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization since 1991. He is licensed in the State of Texas to practice in all state courts, the Northern District of Texas Federal District Courts and the Federal Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. His practice includes cases with the Immigration Service, Department of State, Department of Labor, the Executive Office for Immigration Review, the Administrative Appeals Office and the Board of Alien Labor Certification Appeals. He is a graduate of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and the Southern Methodist University School of Law.
David has provided over 300 immigration seminars to foreign students and faculty at colleges, universities and seminaries in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, New Mexico and Mississippi. He currently gives annual seminars at the University of Texas School of Engineering in Austin, Texas A&M University (College Station, Canyon and Commerce), the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of North Texas, Texas Tech University, Texas Christian University, Southern Methodist University, the University of Arkansas and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
David is the Co-Chair of the GlobalHR Professional Emphasis Group of the Dallas Human Resources Management Association (DallasHR), a past member of the Board of Directors of DFW International, and a past member of the Board of Directors of Bent Tree Country Club
Email: jds@tsalaw.com