Colleen Swim Promoted to Senior Attorney

MAY 8, 2020 –

Congratulations to Colleen Swim on her promotion to Senior Attorney at Legal Aid Society of Southwest Ohio LLC!

Colleen joined Legal Aid in 2018 and works in the Education and Consumer Law Practice Groups. She has expertise in training and advocacy related to issues of childhood trauma and behavioral health. As part of her education law work, Colleen serves as the project manager for Legal Aid’s TeamChild program to promote school success for youth involved in the juvenile justice system. In her consumer law practice, Colleen focuses on foreclosure prevention and loan modification for clients.

Colleen received her J.D. from Drexel University’s Thomas R. Kline School of Law and earned her B.A. from the University of Maryland. Prior to joining Legal Aid, she was an assistant defender in the Child Advocacy Unit of the Defender Association of Philadelphia. Most recently, she practiced education law as a staff attorney at the Support Center for Child Advocates, also in Philadelphia.