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Martha J. Swicegood
Senior Counsel 
One James Center
mswicegood@mcguirewoods.com901 East Cary Street Richmond, Virginia 23219-4030 F: 804.698.2088    |
Ms. Swicegood's national practice has allowed her to represent clients in all stages of litigation ranging from discovery to trial. Her representative domestic and international clients have included automotive and power tool manufacturers, manufactured housing companies, grill manufacturers and furniture manufacturers. She routinely counsels clients on risk management issues, including issues related to product labeling, warnings and instructions. She has also defended companies and organizations in premises liability and personal injury cases. Moreover, she focuses part of her practice on commercial litigation, including antitrust matters.
A significant portion of her practice is devoted to her role on the firm's consumer products safety commission team, representing clients during product recalls and before the CPSC on a variety of consumer product safety issues.
- Product & Consumer Litigation
- Products Liability
- Consumer Products
- Antitrust & Trade Regulation
- Food & Beverage
- Named a Virginia Super Lawyers "Rising Star," 2009, 2011
- Summer Associate, McGuireWoods LLP, 2000
- "The New Federal Rules of Electronic Discovery: A Primer for Products Liability Counsel and Clients," (Co-authored with Terrence M. Bagley and Christopher E. Trible), Product Liability Defenses: A State-by-State Compendium, Defense Research Institute, Fall 2007
- "Daubert and Federal Rules of Evidence Developments," (Co-authored with Terrence M. Bagley), A Young Lawyer's Guide to Defense Practice, The DRI Defense Library Series, Fall 2006
- "Using Biomedical Testimony in Virginia Product Liability Cases" (Co-authored with Sandra K. Giannone), The Virginia Bar Association News Journal, September 2004
- The CPSIA: Congress's Response to "The Year of the Recall," CLE, December 2008
- "Legislative Update & Recent Trends at the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission," Webinar, April 2008
- "What Every Lawyer Should Know About the Consumer Product Safety Act and the CPSC," (with Michael Daglio), March 30, 2006
- Consumer Product Safety Teleconference, (with Michael Daglio), March 2, 2006
- Panelist, "Automotive Law Update," McGuireWoods LLP, Richmond, Virginia, Spring 2004
- Defense Research Institute
- Virginia Bar Association
- Richmond Bar Association
- Virginia Association of Defense Attorneys
- Member, Board of Directors, National Kidney Foundation of the Virginias, 2002-2004
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EDUCATION College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg, Virginia, J.D., 2001
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, B.A., 1997
FRATERNITIES OR SORORITIES Delta Gamma ADMITTED U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois 2007 U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia 2003 U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois 2003 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana 2003 Virginia 2001 PLACE OF BIRTH Danville, Virginia |