Our Business: Personal Bio
Sue Swanson is the founder and CEO of Swanson Law Office. She is a three (3) time graduate of the University of North Dakota holding a Bachelor of Arts in both Political Science and International Studies, a Master of Business Administration (MBA), and a Juris Doctorate (JD) of Law.
Ms. Swanson has an extensive background in immigration law and practices it exclusively. Ms. Swanson’s immigration law practice focuses on all areas of immigration law including removal/deportation proceedings, family and employment-based immigration visa petitions, humanitarian relief options, employment-based work visas (E, H, L, O, and TN), naturalization, fiancé visas, and all other non-immigrant visa petitions. Ms. Swanson works with victims of domestic violence (VAWA), victims of human trafficking (T Visa), and victims of crimes (U Visas). Her practice also includes the representation of individuals applying to waive issues of inadmissibility and deportability.
Ms. Swanson works in the area of criminal defense in federal, district and municipal courts, and advises other attorneys on the immigration consequences of criminal convictions. She represents clients in Federal District Court in mandamus actions to resolve case processing delays on long-pending immigration petitions and applications, including green cards, naturalization proceedings, as well as represents clients with federal criminal immigration charges such as re-entry after deportation, possession and/or use of fraudulent documents, false claim to U.S. citizenship, human smuggling, and other immigration related issues.
Ms. Swanson is appointed as a Special Attorney General (SAG) with the state of North Dakota to represent the colleges and universities in North Dakota on immigration matters. Ms. Swanson is an Adjunct Professor at the University of North Dakota School of Law teaching Immigration Law. She is a former member of the ND Bar Association’s Inquiry Committee Northeast, which reviews ND attorney professional misconduct complaints. Ms. Swanson has been a repeated guest speaker at the annual Upper Midwest Association of Immigration Attorneys (AILA) annual conference, the ND Annual Indigent Defense Seminar, and other attorney continuing education conferences, and she was invited to present at the 2021 AILA National Conference. /p>
Ms. Swanson has studied and worked abroad in Bogota, Colombia, South America and Guatemala, Central America and speaks Spanish.