Sherry L. Swieca is a Principal in the Los Angeles, California, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. Her practice focuses on appellate matters in the California Courts of Appeal and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, as well as assisting employers in many industries with compliance, best practices, and preventive measures such as advice on employee discipline and disability-leave management, updating written employment policies, handbooks and arbitration agreements, and conducting personnel investigations and training.

Ms. Swieca is a Certified Appellate Specialist with the State Bar of California. She has handled over 60 writs and appeals in labor, employment, ERISA, and immigration matters and presented oral argument in twenty of those cases. Her experience includes a wide range of appellate issues following motion hearings and jury and bench trials, such as affirming summary judgment, enforcement of arbitration agreements, class certification, establishing class action damages, interpreting collective bargaining agreements, interpreting ERISA-governed insurance policies, and evidentiary and discovery issues. Ms. Swieca also is a participating member of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals pro bono panel.