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Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Civil Rights

Additional Information:
Matthew Swerdlin aggressively represents individuals in civil rights and criminal cases in federal, state, and municipal courts across Alabama. Contact the office to schedule a consultation.


No representation is made that the quality of the legal services to be performed is greater than the quality of legal services performed by other lawyers.

Challenging the illegal jailing of indigent defendants in Clanton, Alabama, Chapman et al. v. The City of Clanton, 2:15-cv-125-WHA-CSC

Challenging the fixed bail schedule in Clanton, Alabama, in which indigent individuals were forced to remain in jail until their court date where defendants with the ability to pay their bail were released, Jones v. The City of Clanton, 2:15-cv-34-MHT-WC

Secured a landmark settlement agreement fundamentally changing the way the City of Montgomery treats indigent defendants who owe court costs, fines, and fees after criminal convictions, Mitchell et al. v. The City of Montgomery, 2:14-cv-186-MHT-CSC