Defending the Rights of the Accused
Chad Jeffrey Sweigart’s practice is largely dedicated to representing individuals who have been deprived of their constitutional and/or federal statutory rights while incarcerated.
Attorney Sweigart routinely represents the Estates of individuals who die while in prison as a result of the constitutionally deficient medical and mental health care provided to inmates when they are at the most vulnerable stages in their lives. While these cases constitute a significant portion of Attorney Sweigart’s practice, he also advocates on behalf of individuals who have been the victims of excessive force by law enforcement officials and/or maliciously prosecuted by police officers without probable cause.
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Defending the Rights of the Accused
Chad Jeffrey Sweigart’s practice is largely dedicated to representing individuals who have been deprived of their constitutional and/or federal statutory rights while incarcerated.
Attorney Sweigart routinely represents the Estates of individuals who die while in prison as a result of the constitutionally deficient medical and mental health care provided to inmates when they are at the most vulnerable stages in their lives. While these cases constitute a significant portion of Attorney Sweigart’s practice, he also advocates on behalf of individuals who have been the victims of excessive force by law enforcement officials and/or maliciously prosecuted by police officers without probable cause.
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Attorney Sweigart is a member of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, and the Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association, as well as a former member of the Federal Bar Association where he served as officer from 2018 to 2022.
Attorney Sweigart is admitted to practice in the state courts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as well as the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Attorney Sweigart graduated cum laude from Franklin & Marshall College in 2006. After taking a short break from school to work in his family’s road construction and asphalt production business, Attorney Sweigart attended the Penn State Dickinson School of Law. In 2010, he graduated magna cum laude from the Penn State Dickinson School of Law and was named a member of the Woolsack Honor Society, which is comprised of the top ten percent of students in each graduating class.
Following law school, Attorney Sweigart started his career as a litigation associate in the Philadelphia office of a global law firm, before moving to his wife’s hometown of Wilkes-Barre to practice law. After moving to Wilkes-Barre, Attorney Sweigart gained invaluable experience serving two terms as a law clerk to the Honorable A. Richard Caputo of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Attorney Sweigart served as Judge Caputo’s term clerk from 2012 to 2015 and his career clerk from 2017 to 2020. During his years clerking, Attorney Sweigart gained substantial experience and understanding of the legal principles applicable in civil rights actions. In addition to clerking for Judge Caputo, Attorney Sweigart previously worked in the Wilkes-Barre office of a regional Pennsylvania firm doing defense work. These experiences allow Attorney Sweigart to provide his clients at Dyller & Solomon with a unique understanding of cases not only from the plaintiff’s side, but also from the defense’s viewpoint and the perspective of the court.