HENRI SWANSON

Henri Swanson is an Attorney at GGH Law, where he handles a diverse array of legal matters, including mass torts, institutional sexual abuse, product liability, premises liability, medical malpractice, transportation accidents, and wrongful death cases. Henri’s responsibilities encompass analyzing and strategizing motions, legal research, drafting pleadings, managing fact and expert discovery, and supporting pre-suit resolution.

In 2026, Henri graduated cum laude from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, where he concentrated on Advanced Torts, Trial Advocacy, Federal Courts, Complex Civil Litigation, and White-Collar Investigations. Henri served as President and Vice President of Firm Outreach for the Northwestern Plaintiffs’ Law Association.

In 2025, Henri served as a judicial extern for the Honorable Michael Y. Scudder in the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. In his final year of law school, Henri worked in the Carter G. Phillips/Sidley Austin LLP Supreme Court Clinic, where he drafted a cert petition challenging, on Fourth Amendment grounds, a state supreme court’s decision upholding a warrantless DNA search. A highlight of Henri’s time in the Clinic was attending oral arguments at the Supreme Court and meeting Chief Justice John Roberts.

In 2024, Henri was selected for two highly competitive Summer Law Intern Programs with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C.—the Commercial Litigation Branch and the Environmental Tort Litigation Section. He accepted the Commercial Litigation Branch’s offer to assist representing the United States in complex foreign and domestic litigation, often involving billions of dollars in damages, including efforts to combat the opioid epidemic, recover fraudulently obtained COVID-19 and disaster relief funds, and combat healthcare fraud. Although a 2025 Presidential Executive Order implementing a federal civilian hiring freeze ultimately prevented his participation, Henri’s selection reflects his unwavering commitment to justice and the responsible stewardship of public resources.

Henri earned his B.A. in Biology & Environmental Science from the University of Minnesota. During his time at Minnesota, Henri spent two summers researching the migratory and foraging behavior of sea turtles in southwest Florida with the Mote Marine Laboratory based in Sarasota, Florida. Together with his colleagues, Henri set new records in the Gulf of Mexico for the number of sea turtles tagged and nests documented.

Before starting law school, Henri worked as a litigation paralegal at several leading personal injury law firms. Henri gained extensive experience in complex mass tort and high-profile civil rights cases, including the Flint Water Crisis, the Willowbrook Ethylene Oxide Litigation, Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, the Chemtool 2021 plant explosion, the Robb Elementary School mass shooting, the Highland Park mass shooting, and Tyre Nichols v. City of Memphis. These cases collectively resulted in over $1 billion in recoveries for clients. Henri’s direct work on these cases inspired him to go to law school to fight for a safer and healthier world.

Outside of law, Henri enjoys international travel, swimming, connecting with nature, supporting Golden Gopher athletics, and spending quality time with friends and family.