Swen Prior's focus is primarily in labor and employment law, providing litigation defense and extensive preventative counseling to clients in all areas of his practice.
With human resources counseling, Swen advises employers in the development of employment contracts, policies, and practices, including employee handbooks, employment applications, sexual harassment policies and investigations, employee/supervisory training, accommodating disabled employees, non-competition and intellectual property ownership agreements, and severance agreements. He has spoken and written on employment law issues for various business, legal, and professional groups.
Swen also has significant experience litigating all forms of discrimination and harassment cases under Title VII and state anti-discrimination laws, as well as wage and hour issues. He regularly handles disputes involving the ADA, Title VII, FMLA, ADEA, LMRA, wrongful discharge, breach of contract, trade secrets, wrongful termination, defamation, workplace violence, and non-competition agreements. Swen also advises employers on Union-related issues, collective bargaining matters, and labor arbitrations.
Swen is a member of the Clark County Bar Association and the State Bar of Nevada and is active in the Young Lawyers Section and the Labor and Employment Section. He was honored with the Judge Sally Loehrer Pro Bono Service Award in 2006 and Snell & Wilmer's Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award in 2007 for his service efforts. A native of Springville, Utah, Swen earned his juris doctor degree from George Mason School of Law in Arlington, Virginia.
Education
- George Mason University School of Law (J.D., 2004)
- University of Utah (B.A., Political Science, 1998)
Court Admissions
- Supreme Court of Nevada
- United States District Court, District of Nevada
Representative Presentations & Publications
- FLSA/Wage and Hour Compliance, Presenter, Labor and Employment Law 2012, Sterling Education Services, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada (April 2012)
- Privacy Issues in the Workplace, Presenter, Labor and Employment Law 2012, Sterling Education Services, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada (April 2012)
- Successful Implementation of Records Management, Presenter, AIIM Nevada Chapter and ARMA Silver State Chapter, Las Vegas, Nevada (April 2012)
- Failure to pay wages? Now there's an app for that, Co-Author, Daily Journal (September 15, 2011)
- Prevailing Wage Law, Presenter, Lorman Education Services, Henderson, Nevada (September 2011)
- Nevada Domestic Partnership Act: What Employers Should Know, In Business Las Vegas TV (Oct. 2, 2009)
- Electronic Document & Records Management: Lessons Learned, Panel Member, AIIM Nevada Chapter, Quarterly Chapter Meeting (August 2009)
- eDiscovery, AIIM Nevada Chapter, Quarterly Chapter Meeting (May 2009)
- Document Retention Keeping Ahead in the Digital Age, Presenter, Employment Seminar, Sedona and Scottsdale, Arizona (2009)
- Charges of Discrimination Based on Religion Have More Than Doubled Since 1992, Author, Work Place Word (September 2008)
- Recognizing, Addressing and Preventing Sexual Harassment, Discrimination and Retaliation, Presenter, Employment Seminar, Las Vegas, Nevada (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011)
- What's The Bottom-Line? Author, Work Place Word, discussing damage awards in employment discrimination cases (September 2007)
- Nevada/Federal Minimum Wage Law Legal Alert, Author (June 2007)
- Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act (USERRA), Focus On the Workplace, Managing Litigation Risk, Las Vegas, Nevada (2007)
- Focus on Document Retention Keeping Ahead in the Digital Age, Panel Member, Focus On the Workplace, Managing Litigation Risk, Las Vegas, Nevada (2007)
Other Professional Experience
- United States District Court, District of Nevada, Judicial Clerk to Hon. Robert Clive Jones
- United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Counsel
- Senator Orrin G. Hatch, United States Senate, Staff Assistant and Nominations Clerk
- United States Court of Federal Claims, Judicial Extern to Hon. Lawrence J. Block
- Senator Robert F. Bennett, United States Senate, Staff Assistant
- Congressman Chris Cannon, Legislative Intern/Correspondent
