Mary Jo Swartz received her BA from Edinboro State College and her JD from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary in 1990. She is currently admitted to practice in the State of West Virginia, and the Northern and Southern United States District Courts for West Virginia, and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Ms. Swartz has devoted the majority of her career to employment and education law and served as an Administrative Law Judge for the West Virginia State and Employees Grievance Board from 1994-2004.

In addition to employment and education law, Ms. Swartz represents a major automobile dealership in West Virginia and is responsible for its litigation, unemployment, and workers’ compensation issues, as well as general corporate matters.