David Swaim

David Swaim is Board Certified in Immigration Law and Nationality Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has served as Managing Partner at Tidwell, Swaim & Farquhar, P.C. since 1991. He represents employers, families, individuals, students, and foreign nationals in matters involving employment immigration, family immigration, removal defense, asylum, adjustment of status, citizenship, federal litigation, and appeals. His practice also includes compliance counseling and complex immigration matters involving government agencies and courts across the US.

David earned his J.D. from Southern Methodist University School of Law. He received his B.A. in Political Science from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1986 and is also admitted before the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. His education and admissions support a broad immigration litigation and counseling practice nationwide.

David has represented more than 25,000 clients and has supervised thousands of removal and deportation matters. He advises employers ranging from startups to Fortune 100 companies on H-1B matters, labor certification, I-9 audits, compliance programs, and other employment-based immigration issues. He also represents universities and colleges and assists criminal defense attorneys with immigration consequences, Immigration Court proceedings, habeas corpus matters, and related federal litigation involving foreign nationals across the country.

David Swaim has handled administrative appeals, federal court actions, asylum claims, naturalization matters, adjustment applications, and challenges involving immigration agencies. His official profile lists landmark cases addressing fundamental fairness in deportation proceedings, USCIS compliance with regulations, extraordinary ability petitions, and immigration consequences arising from criminal matters. He remains active in the American Immigration Lawyers Association and other professional organizations while focusing on complex immigration representation for individuals and institutions nationwide.

Law Office Affiliations

• Managing Partner, Tidwell, Swaim & Farquhar, P.C
• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Society for Human Resource Management
• Member, American Immigration Lawyers Association, 1991

Licensed State

• Texas

Education

• Southern Methodist University School of Law
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• University of Arkansas
  Bachelor of Arts (BA)