JOSEPH R. SWEE

Joseph Swee's practice encompasses a broad range of complex commercial litigation, including matters involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, control and partnership disputes, business torts, and disputes involving restrictive covenants and misappropriation of confidential information. Mr. Swee has successfully represented clients in a number of federal and state courts as well as AAA, JAMS, and FINRA arbitrations.

Mr. Swee joined Scandaglia Ryan in February 2018 following a clerkship with the Honorable Jeffrey T. Gilbert of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Prior to that, Mr. Swee received his J.D. in 2015 from The John Marshall Law School, graduating summa cum laude. During law school, he was a legal extern for the Honorable Robert W. Gettleman, the Honorable Harry D. Leinenweber, and the Honorable Daniel J. Pierce.

Representative Matters

• Represented ownership of luxury hotels in New York and California in a dispute against the brand manager related to mismanagement and termination of the management contracts, which included arbitration before the American Arbitration Association and litigation in New York federal court
• Represented investors against a European parent company and its international and domestic subsidiaries in an ICDR arbitration involving contract and fiduciary duty claims arising from the restructuring of a large real estate development project in Chicago
• Represented an owner of a tax credit financing business in a business control dispute in the Delaware Court of Chancery involving the removal and replacement of the firm's manager
• Represented a national paper goods and gift retailer before the Illinois Appellate Court in a breach of contract dispute arising out of a leasing and co-tenancy arrangement
• Represented financial advisors for a large financial services company in FINRA arbitrations against claims involving restrictive covenants and alleged misappropriation of confidential information and trade secrets
• Represented an owner of a boutique St. Louis hotel in a Missouri state court action involving claims for breach of fiduciary duty and conspiracy based on alleged mismanagement of the hotel
• Represented an owner of a tax credit financing business in an Illinois state court action involving claims for breach of fiduciary duty and conspiracy based on the alleged diversion of company assets
• Represented the owner of a luxury hotel in New York in federal litigation involving breach of contract, indemnity, and negligence claims arising out of defective work performed by contractors during the renovation of the hotel
• Represented the owner of a luxury resort and related parties in California state court against contract and tort claims arising from the termination of a service provider at the property
• Represented an ultra-high-net-worth individual and a related entity in federal and state courts against palimony and related claims
• Represented a multinational toy company in federal litigation involving claims for breach of contract and infringement against a former licensee and related defendants
• Represented a multinational toy company against a mobile game development company in a JAMS arbitration involving claims for breach of contract and infringement arising out of the development of a mobile game using the toy company's intellectual property
• Represented the former owner of a mortgage company in federal litigation against claims brought by the federal government under the False Claims Act and FIRREA
• Represented a large food services company in a federal grand jury investigation of alleged fraud in government contracting
• Represented a paving company in an antitrust investigation by the Illinois Attorney General related to an alleged refusal to deal
• Represented an attorney in a proceeding before the Illinois Attorney Registration & Disciplinary Commission

Admissions, Affiliations and Honors

• Federal Bars: Northern District of Illinois, Seventh Circuit
• State Bars: Illinois
• Bar Associations: Seventh Circuit Bar Association

Community Involvement

• Member, Associate Board of Lurie Cancer Center

Education

• The John Marshall Law School, J.D., 2015
  
  • Summa cum laude
  • Order of John Marshall
  • Executive Student Publications Editor, The John Marshall Law Review
• The University of Chicago, M.L.A., 2020


• Northwestern University, B.A.,2011 (Economics & History)
  
  • Magna cum laude
  • Phi Beta Kappa