Swanson joins Xavier University board

Fishman Haygood managing partner Jim Swanson has been appointed to the Xavier University of Louisiana Board of Trustees.  Read about it here.

Located in New Orleans, Xavier is a private liberal arts college with the distinction of being the only historically black Roman Catholic institution of higher education in the United States.

Swanson is an advocate for education.  He has contributed legal counsel, pro bono, to a number of education matters, both locally and nationally.  He is President of the Choice Foundation, the governing board of three public charter schools in New Orleans that focus on educating the underserved.