Khan, Khizr M.

Don Swift is Partner in the Litigation Department at Andersen, Tate & Carr. His practice focuses on the areas of personal injury as well as commercial and business litigation, including construction, real estate, banking, and insurance disputes. Mr. Swift has extensive experience representing a wide variety of clients, from Fortune 500 companies involved in nation-wide class actions to individuals requiring local representation. He has tried cases in both federal and state courts and has argued successfully in the Supreme Court of Georgia. Before joining Andersen, Tate & Carr, Mr. Swift practiced with the Atlanta office of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, a large southeastern-based law firm. Mr. Swift returned to his roots when he joined Andersen, Tate & Carr, as he grew up in Gwinnett County, graduating from Berkmar High School in 1988.

Mr. Swift received his Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Georgia School of Law in 1997, where he was a member of the Editorial Board of the Georgia Law Review (1995-96) as well as Team Member (1995-1996) and later Executive Chairman (1996-97) of the Moot Court Board. He was also Order of the Coif as well as a member of the Order of the Barristers. Mr. Swift received his undergraduate Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Risk Management and Insurance, cum laude in 1992, from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business, where he was a member of the fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta.

Mr. Swift was admitted to the practice of law in the State of Georgia in 1997 and is licensed to practice before the Georgia Supreme Court, the Georgia Court of Appeals, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals and the United States District Courts for the Northern and Middle District of Georgia. He is also active in many civic and charitable organizations, and serves on the Board of both the Northeast Georgia Division of the March of Dimes and the Northeast Georgia Council of the Boy Scouts of America. He is a member of the Atlanta Lawyers Club and the Georgia Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Swift and his family reside in the Sugar Hill area of Gwinnett County.