Jenny Swajkoski
Biography
Jenny Swajkoski is an associate in our Missoula office. She is licensed and maintains an active practice in Montana and Idaho. She primarily represents professionals, medical providers, health care entities, and businesses in complex litigation and in an advisory capacity. Her practice spans from medical malpractice, health care law, commercial litigation, and general liability matters, and she regularly appears in various arenas, including state and federal courts as well as before state licensing boards and other administrative bodies.
Some of Jenny’s greatest strengths as a lawyer include her abilities to collaborate with others, develop thorough tactical strategies, and carefully curate persuasive narratives, which help provide opportunities for her clients to obtain favorable outcomes during all stages of litigation.
Jenny has served as second chair in three civil trials and supporting counsel in two others. She has successfully represented clients in preliminary injunctive, punitive damage, and other complex evidentiary hearings in both State and Federal courts. In addition, she has served as lead counsel in over 50 mediations and small lawsuit resolution hearings, she has prepared and successfully argued over a dozen dispositive motions and several more non-dispositive motions. Jenny also has significant experience outside the courtroom to include: depositions of parties, corporate designees, expert and fact witnesses, and in witness and trial preparation.
Jenny is on the executive board for the Montana Defense Trial Lawyers, a member of the Idaho Association of Defense Counsel, and serves as the Montana state representative for DRI.
Prior to joining Hall Booth Smith, Jenny worked for top-ranked defense litigation firms in both Idaho and Montana, where she handled a large volume of third party, medical malpractice, and legal malpractice cases.
Outside of work, Jenny enjoys cooking, live music, and getting into the mountains (or just hanging out) with her family (including the pups) and friends.
Credentials
Admitted
State Courts:
- Idaho
- Montana
Education
- J.D., University of Idaho
- B.A., Environmental Studies, University of Montana
Memberships
- Montana Defense Trial Lawyers: Board Member
- Defense Resource Institute: MDTL Representative
Presentations
- Power of Attorney in Healthcare Settings
Yellowstone Insurance Exchange, Risk Retention Group; March 13, 2024 - Downtime Process During Cybersecurity Breach
Yellowstone Insurance Exchange, Risk Retention Group; September 20, 2023
Publications
- Five tips for maximizing peer review privileges in a physician’s practice
Physicians Practice; July 27, 2022