Elisa Swanson

Elisa Swanson attended the University of California at Santa Cruz, where she received a B.A. in American History.  She studied law at the University of Oregon, receiving her J.D. in 2001.  After completing her first year of law school, Elisa was awarded a Public Interest Fund grant and spent the summer at California Rural Legal Assistance in Salinas, California, where she assisted the organization in its defense of farm workers and the rural poor.  During law school Elisa served as an Articles Editor and Summer Editor-in-Chief of the Oregon Law Review.  She was also elected to serve as  Director of the Moot Court Board and was chosen to represent her school at a Trademark and Unfair Competition regional moot court competition.  Elisa has a published law review article that examines the intersection of law, mental illness, and juvenile crime.

Devoted to the practice of law as a method of progressive change, Elisa has spent the past six years representing plaintiffs and consumers throughout Northern California.  She has briefed and argued numerous motions and complex appellate cases.  She is admitted to practice law before the United States District Court, Northern District of California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Elisa speaks Spanish and enjoys music, cooking, movies, gardening, the ocean, and spending time with friends and family.