November 29, 2016
Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2016
LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Rick Snyder today announced the appointment of Brock Swartzle to the Michigan Court of Appeals, 4th District.
“Brock brings to the bench varied legal experience in both the public and private sector and a detailed understanding of the development of the law that will help him continue the tradition of excellence in the Michigan Court of Appeals,” Snyder said.
Swartzle has been the Chief of Staff and General Counsel to the Michigan House of Representatives since 2015. He has handled operational management, along with being counsel in respect to litigation, personnel and internal investigations. Prior to joining the House of Representatives as the Majority Legal Counsel in 2013, Swartzle was a partner at Honigman Miller Schwartz and Cohn LLP, , where his primary focus of litigation was on issues related to antitrust, securities, white-collar crime, intellectual property, immigration, and healthcare fraud.
He also served as Law Clerk and Senior Law Clerk to both U.S. Court of Appeals Judge David W. McKeague and U.S. District Court Judge Steven D. Pepe. Swartzle is a member of the State Bar of Michigan, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Eastern District of Michigan, Western District of Michigan, the American Bar Association, the Federal Bar Association and the Federalist Society. He also has served as the Editor-in-Chief, ABA Appellate Practice Journal, and is currently an editorial board member.
Swartzle earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan in 1993 and his law degree from George Mason University School of Law in 1998. He fills the vacancy created by the resignation of Judge Donald Owens that takes effect Jan. 1, 2017.
Swartzle must seek reelection in November 2018.
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