Marc N. Swanson

Marc N. Swanson is principal and Bankruptcy Group Leader at Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone,P.L.C. in Detroit and specializes in representing debtors, lenders, creditors, equity holders and unsecured creditors’ committees in bankruptcy cases and related litigation in Michigan and throughout the country. He has experience in the municipal, energy, automotive, banking and building supply industries. In2021, Crain’s Detroit Business selected Mr. Swanson as one of its “40 Under 40,” and he is a member ofABI’s 2019 class of “40 Under 40.” He has been consistently recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for Bankruptcy and Creditor/Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization and by Michigan Super Lawyers as a rising star in business bankruptcy. Mr. Swanson co-chairs the Debtor/Creditor Rights section of the State Bar of Michigan and is president of the Turnaround Management Association’s DetroitChapter. In his role as counsel to the City of Detroit in its bankruptcy case, he argued and won two bankruptcy appeals at the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals for the City. One of these appeals sought to unravel the City’s entire bankruptcy plan and Grand Bargain, and the other appeal challenged the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department’s ability to collect past due bills and set its rates. He also success-fully represented the City at the U.S. Supreme Court in the appeal of its bankruptcy plan. Mr. Swanson frequently speaks at restructuring conferences and seminars and publishes articles on insolvency-related topics. He received his B.A. in 2004 from the University of Michigan and his J.D. in 2007 from theUniversity of Minnesota Law School.