Senior Associate Attorney, Mark F. Seltzer & Associates

Profile
For over eight years Attorney Swift prosecuted professional licensures matters before the State Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine as assistant counsel to the Pennsylvania Department of State.  In that capacity, Attorney Swift was one of only a handful of attorneys that litigated complex physician misconduct cases, including cases involving standard of care, sexual misconduct, addiction and improper prescribing.

Prior to joining the Department of State, Attorney Swift was the supervisor of the Employee Claims Section at the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections.  At the Department of Corrections, Attorney Swift was responsible for commuting and litigating disability claims under the Heart & Lung Act and Act 632.

Practice Areas
Disability Insurance Law
Long Term Disability Insurance Law
Representation of Impaired Physicians and Impaired Professionals
ERISA & Insurance Law
Insurance Bad Faith
Professional Licensure Law

Admitted to Practice
Pennsylvania, 1992
New Jersey, 1992

Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, 1992
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 1993
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 2010

Law School
Widener University School of Law, Harrisburg, PA
Juris Doctor, 1992

College
Rutgers University/Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ
BA in History/Political Science, 1988

Professional Associations
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Lancaster County Bar Association

Speaker
Professional Liability and Impairment," Federation of State Physician Health Programs Annual Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2009.