Panoramica

Briana M. Swift has experience advising on ERISA and tax compliance issues as well as plan design, drafting, and administration. Briana's experience includes working with tax-qualified and nonqualified employee benefit plans, health and welfare plans, and retirement plans. Briana also provides assistance related to benefits and compensation matters arising in mergers and acquisitions.

Prior to joining Littler, Briana was an associate with a global law firm. Previously, she served as Presidential Management Fellow with the U.S. Department of Labor where she worked as an employee benefits investigator. During her fellowship, Briana also served as a visiting attorney with the Appellate Division of the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Oregon where she successfully argued a case before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

During law school, Briana served as a law clerk with the Federal Public Defender's Office for the District of Oregon as well as a judicial extern for the Hon. Judge Michael Simon of the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon and the Hon. Judge Mary Murguia of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Affiliazioni professionali e istituzionali

Deputy Regional President

Region XVI

Hispanic National Bar Association

2020-2024

Board Member and Vice Chair

Sound Child Care Solutions

2022-2024

Riconoscimenti

Named, Rising Star

Super Lawyers

2024

Speaking Engagements

2024 Pacific Northwest Regional Employer Conference

Portland, OR

September 12, 2024

Formazione

  • J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School, 2016cum laude
  • B.A., University of Arizona, 2011magna cum laude

Foro di appartenenza

Washington

Abilitazioni

  • U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit