Mr. Adam Swick

R. Adam Swick is special counsel in the Bankruptcy and Reorganization department of Akerman LLP in Austin, Texas. He has more than 15 years of experience and focuses his practice on bankruptcy and complex commercial litigation matters. Mr. Swick has represented a diverse group of litigation clients ranging from bankruptcy committees and trustees to class-action plaintiffs and local business owners, in addition to debtors, creditors and committees in liquidations and restructurings. He has also filed a multitude of chapter 15 bankruptcy cases, many of which have resulted in critical opinions that helped shape the current legal landscape. Mr. Swick is a sought-after speaker on a wide range of international insolvency topics. He also serves as Communications Manager for ABI?s International Committee and is an ABI ?40 Under 40? honoree. Mr. Swick is admitted to practice in Texas, New York, the U.S. District Courts for the Western, Northern, Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of New York. He received his B.A. with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 2002 and his J.D. summa cum laude from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law in 2006, where he was class salutorian.