MEET YOUR attorney GLENN M. SWIATEK, P.A.

GLENN M. SWIATEK, P.A.

NW FLORIDA CRIMINAL DEFENSE, POST CONVICTION RELIEF, APPEALS

Glenn Swiatek opened his practice in Fort Walton Beach twenty years ago, gaining experience in all of the Florida court systems. He has criminal trial, post-conviction relief and appellate experience in every court of the Florida’s First Judicial Circuit. He also has appellate experience before the First District Court of Appeals and the Florida Supreme Court.

Mr. Swiatek also practices in the federal court system and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.

EXPERIENCE & MEMBERSHIPS

• National Trials Lawyers – Top 100 Florida Criminal Trial Lawyers
• AVVO Superb Rated Attorney
• Researcher for cases argued before the United States Supreme Court
• Published opinions First District Court of Appeals setting binding precedent
• Published opinions First District Court of Appeals in cases of first impression
• Researcher for Oklahoma Tribal Court Reports
• Law Week Chairman for the Okaloosa-Walton Bar Association, 2002 – 2008
• President Okaloosa-Walton Chapter of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2007-2008, 2010-2013
• Mentor and volunteer Judge for the Okaloosa County Teen Court
• City of Fort Walton Beach Code Enforcement Board, 2015 – 2016
• City of Fort Walton Beach’s Municipal Planning Board, 2000 – 2003
• City of Fort Walton Beach Board of Adjustments, 2005 – 2013
• President Oklahoma City University Board of Governors, 1996-97
• Who’s Who in American Law Schools, 1994-1997
  

EDUCATION

• Graduate, Fort Walton Beach High School, 1975
• Bachelor of Music Education, University of Southern Mississippi, 1980
• Graduate Certificate in Litigation, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law 1993
• Juris Doctorate, Oklahoma City University, School of Law, 1997