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About Us

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KOHN SWIFT’S LAWYERS SERVE THE PUBLIC GOOD THROUGH INNOVATIVE, AGGRESSIVE, AND COMMITTED LEGAL REPRESENTATION.

Over the last 50 years

  • We have litigated historic lawsuits, with cases reaching the U.S. Supreme Court and nearly all of the federal courts of appeals.
  • We have brought high-profile antitrust cases, such as the price-fixing case dramatized in the Matt Damon film, The Informant!
  • We have pioneered human rights litigation to redress state-sponsored torture and murder, forced labor, terrorist attacks, and human trafficking.
  • We have served as lead or co-lead counsel in dozens of the largest class action cases throughout the United States and internationally.
  • We have litigated against the U.S. government, local governments, and foreign governments.
  • We have been hired as Special Counsel in bankruptcy litigation for our class action expertise.
  • We have made settlements in the billions which have been distributed to millions of people, materially impacting their lives.
  • Whether leading a class action lawsuit, investigating consumer fraud, negotiating an intellectual property dispute, or fighting for human rights, our attorneys fight to give a voice to the victims of unchecked power.
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OUR HISTORY

1980s
1990s
2010s
2020s

PIONEERING
CLASS ACTION
LAWSUITS

1980s

FIGHTING
FOR HUMAN
RIGHTS

Robert Swift won a $2 billion verdict in the Marcos Human Rights Litigation (D. Hawaii), which is believed to be the largest personal injury verdict in history. He also served as co-lead counsel in the Holocaust Swiss Bank Litigation (E.D.N.Y.) and the European Insurance Holocaust Litigation (S.D.N.Y.).

FEATURED PHOTOS: ROBERT A. SWIFT COMMENCES DISTRIBUTION PROCESS FOR MARCOS HUMAN RIGHT LITIGATION

1990s

PROTECTING
A COMPETITIVE
MARKETPLACE

In re Amino Acid Lysine
Antitrust Litigation

Judge Milton Shadur (N.D. Illinois) appointed the firm as sole class counsel in a nationally publicized price fixing case. The appointment followed a competitive bidding process established to select competent counsel from among 50 vying law firms. After the case settled for over $50 million

Antitrust

2010s

ADVOCATING
FOR VICTIMS
OF TERRORISM

JULIN, ET AL. V CHIQUITA BRANDS
INTERNATIONAL, INC.

Kohn Swift represented families of five men kidnapped, held for ransom, and executed by terrorists in Colombia, in litigation against fruit producer that provided material support to the terrorists; case settled several hours before trial was set to begin.

Anti-Terrorism Finance

2010s

FIRST VERDICT
AGAINST BANK
FOR AIDING
TERRORISM

LINDE, ET AL. V. ARAB BANK OF JORDAN

Kohn Swift represented survivors and families of victims of terrorist attacks in Israel in litigation against a bank that provided banking services to terrorist group; case settled on eve of damages phase of trial after bank lost in liability phase of trial.

Linde, et al. v. Arab Bank, PLC 

2020s

BATTLING FOR
SURVIVORS
OF ABUSE

U.S. V. KEITH RANIERE, et al. Kohn Swift represents several dozen witnesses in federal human trafficking criminal investigation and trial of leader of NXIVM cult.

 

Human Trafficking, Abuse and Coercive Control

2020s

SCORES OF NXIVM VICTIMS SUE FORMER LEADERS FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKING

EDMONDSON, ET AL. V. KEITH RANIERE, ET AL. Kohn Swift represents 80 plaintiffs in litigation involving forced labor, human trafficking and sex trafficking by leaders of NXIVM cult.

Coercive Control, Undue Influence and Cults

2020s

STANDING UP FOR PEACEFUL PROTESTORS

Lawsuit Filed Against Philadelphia Police for Excessive Force

ZOLITOR ET AL. V. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA Kohn Swift brought a civil rights lawsuit on behalf of protesters who were tear gassed by the Philadelphia Police during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests.

Police Brutality / Excessive Force