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David M. Swanson

Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
  • Recognized Since:
    2009
  • Recognized in:
    Litigation - Real Estate
    Real Estate Law
  • Website:
    http://www.hsblawfirm.com
  • E-mail:
    dswanson@hsblawfirm.com
  • Location:
    134 Meeting Street, Third Floor
    P.O. Box 340
    Charleston, SC 29402-0340

David Swanson handles large and small commercial and residential property matters. He represents owners, developers, and financial institutions, and has represented many sellers and buyers of plantation properties in coastal South Carolina. 

He is recognized in the 2016 South Carolina Super Lawyers for Real Estate and in the 2016 Chambers USA.

He regularly works on the purchase and sale of real property, and represents clients on both routine and complex leasing transactions.

As counsel for owners and developers, he has been involved in many resort and residential developments, and office and industrial developments in coastal South Carolina. He also represents financial institutions and other lenders in all aspects of commercial loan transactions, including the drafting of loan documents and due diligence review of all information relevant to the borrower and guarantors. He also regularly represents secured lenders in mortgage foreclosure proceedings.

He is an agent and approved attorney for multiple title insurance companies including LandAmerica, Chicago Title, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company and Old Republic Title Insurance Company.

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David Swanson handles large and small commercial and residential property matters. He represents owners, developers, and financial institutions, and has represented many sellers and buyers of plantation properties in coastal South Carolina. 

He is recognized in the 2016 South Carolina Super Lawyers for Real Estate and in the 2016 Chambers USA.

He regularly works on the purchase and sale of real property, and represents clients on both routine and complex leasing transactions.

As counsel for owners and developers, he has been involved in many resort and residential developments, and office and industrial developments in coastal South Carolina. He also represents financial institutions and other lenders in all aspects of commercial loan transactions, including the drafting of loan documents and due diligence review of all information relevant to the borrower and guarantors. He also regularly represents secured lenders in mortgage foreclosure proceedings.

He is an agent and approved attorney for multiple title insurance companies including LandAmerica, Chicago Title, Fidelity National Title Insurance Company and Old Republic Title Insurance Company.

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Education:

  • Tulane University, BA, graduated 1977

Bar Admissions:

  • South Carolina, South Carolina Bar

Affiliations:

  • American Bar Association - Member
  • Charleston County Bar Association - Member
  • Palmetto Land Title Association - Member

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Real Estate Law, Charleston, SC (2021)
  • Litigation - Real Estate, Charleston, SC (2020)
  • Litigation - Real Estate, Charleston, SC (2017)
  • Real Estate Law, Charleston, SC (2016)
  • Real Estate Law, Charleston, SC (2014)
  • Litigation - Real Estate, Charleston, SC (2013)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Litigation - Real Estate
  • Real Estate Law

Special Focus:

  • Commercial
  • Condominiums
  • Conveyance
  • Development
  • Finance
  • Foreclosures
  • Industrial
  • Office Buildings
  • Shopping Center Transactions
  • Tax Certiorari
  • Title Matters
  • Transactions
 

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Firm Details

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Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A.
http://www.hsblawfirm.com
 
Headquarters
1201 Main Street, 22nd Floor
P.O. Box 11889
Columbia, SC 29211-1889
(803) 779.3080
5 Office Locations
in 1 Country

United States

United States

South Carolina

South Carolina

Charleston, SC

134 Meeting Street, Third Floor

P.O. Box 340

Charleston, SC 29402-0340

United States

(843) 722.3366

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Florence, SC

135 South Dargan Street, Suite 300

P.O. Box 6617

Florence, SC 29502-6617

United States

(843) 669.6002

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Greenville, SC

One North Main, Second Floor

P.O. Box 2048

Greenville, SC 29602-2048

United States

(864) 240.3200

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Myrtle Beach, SC

2411 North Oak Street, Suite 305

Myrtle Beach, SC 29577

United States

(843) 626.5700

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