Lori Swanson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Lori Swanson
Date Of Birth	Dec 16, 1966(1966-12-16)
Age	58
Country	United States
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Lori Swanson Biography

Lori Swanson is one of the most popular and richest Lawyer who was born on December 16, 1966 in United States.

Lori Swanson (born December 16, 1966) is an American lawyer who served as the Attorney General of Minnesota from 2007 to 2019. She was the first female Attorney General elected in Minnesota. In 2018, she ran for Governor of Minnesota with running mate U.S. Representative Rick Nolan finishing in third place in the Democratic-Farmer-Labor primary.

She was elected Minnesota Attorney General on November 7, 2006 and took office on January 2, 2007, becoming the first woman to serve as Minnesota’s Attorney General. She also became the first William Mitchell College of Law grad to serve as the Minnesota Attorney General, ending the University of Minnesota Law School’s continued streak of holding the office since in 1929.

Lori Swanson Net Worth

Lori Swanson is one of the richest Lawyer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Lori Swanson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Swanson was born on December 16, 1966. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and her J.D. magna cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law in Saint Paul.

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Swanson also brought a number of cases on behalf of patients who were harmed by various health care practices besides those listed above. In 2009, she filed a lawsuit against a major hospital system for charging 18 percent interest on unpaid medical bills in violation of Minnesota usury laws. The hospital settled with Swanson by agreeing to make over $1 million in refunds to patients. In 2007, 2012, and 2017, she renewed agreements first reached by her predecessor in 2005 with all Minnesota hospitals to reform the manner in which they collect unpaid medical bills and charge uninsured patients. In 2009 she took action against medical providers for signing patients up for health care credit cards without their permission and placing thousands of dollars in debt on the credit cards. In 2009 and 2010 Swanson sued several companies that sold phony health insurance coverage to uninsured patients. In 2013, Swanson intervened to assist rural critical access hospitals after a large insurance company cut their contract payments. Also in 2013, Swanson asked the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to investigate a large insurer that sold Medicare policies after receiving complaints about shoddy payment practices. In 2016, Swanson required Minnesota hospitals to refund rape survivors who were improperly charged for sexual assault exams. In 2017, after the Minnesota Legislature authorized for-profit HMOs do business in Minnesota, Swanson sounded the alarm about the need to protect the nonprofit assets held by Minnesota HMOs from being acquired by for-profit companies. After Swanson pushed for legislation to regulate such nonprofit conversions, the legislature enacted a two-year moratorium on such transactions. In 2017 Swanson intervened after the state’s largest insurance company and children’s hospital failed to agreeing on a contract, bringing the two chief executive officers together to help forge a solution that would ensure continuity of care for 60,000 child patients. In 2018 Swanson filed a lawsuit against the federal government for cutting over $100 million in year in funding for MinnesotaCare, the state’s 25 year old bipartisan health care program for the working poor.

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Nick Ranked on the list of most popular Lawyer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Lori Swanson celebrates birthday on December 16 of every year.

In 2009, Swanson filed a lawsuit against National Arbitration Forum (NAF), at that time the largest consumer arbitration organization in the country. NAF had been criticized by consumer advocacy groups, U.S. Senators, and Public Citizen for bias against consumers. Swanson alleged that NAF was owned by a group of equity funds that also were simultaneously affiliated with a national debt collection agency, Axiant, and the administration of the largest collection law firm at the time, Mann Brakken. In July 2009 NAF signed a consent order with Swanson agreeing to stop arbitrating consumer claims. Shortly thereafter, Axiant and Mann Bracken went out of business. Swanson was re-elected on November 2, 2010, defeating Republican challenger Chris Barden.

Top Facts about Lori Swanson

1. Lori Swanson is an American politician and attorney.
2. She served as Minnesota’s Attorney General from 2007-2019.
3. Swanson was the first woman to hold this position in Minnesota.
4. During her tenure, she filed numerous lawsuits against corporations and government entities.
5. Swanson ran for governor of Minnesota in 2018 but lost in the primary election.
6. She has been recognized for her work on consumer protection and healthcare issues.
7. Swanson graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and William Mitchell College of Law.
8. She worked as a prosecutor before entering politics.
9. Swanson is a member of the Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL).
10. Her political views are generally considered moderate or centrist within the DFL party.