Daniel R. Swetnam

Dan Swetnam is a senior counsel at Ice Miller and focuses his practice on business restructuring and creditors’ rights. He represents both debtors and creditors in bankruptcy and workout matters and has litigated plan confirmation issues, contract disputes, valuation issues, lease disputes, preference claims, motions for relief from stay and numerous other bankruptcy issues. He currently represents a public pension plan in connection with a participating employer's bankruptcy proceedings. He was selected as the Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year in Bankruptcy/Insolvency and Reorganization Law in Columbus, Ohio in 2020 and Best Lawyers® Lawyer of the Year in Bankruptcy Litigation in Columbus, Ohio in 2017. He is a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and has been honored by inclusion in the Bankruptcy Law section of The Best Lawyers in America© for over 20 years and Chambers USA List of Leading Lawyers since 2010.

In November 2021, Ice Miller's bankruptcy and creditor/debtor rights, insolvency and reorganization practice was recognized by U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers® as both National Tier 1 and Metropolitan Tier 1 (Columbus, Ohio)

Dan’s tried cases outside of bankruptcy include successfully defending changes to public pension retiree health benefits, shareholder disputes, state and federal court receivership matters, trust disputes, contract disputes and other business related matters.