Paul Everett Swain III

Paul Everett Swain III

also known as Paul E. (Trip) Swain

3.0
Rating: 7.1

Licensed for 43 years

Adoption Lawyer at Tulsa, OK
Practice Areas: Adoption, Estate Planning, Probate ... +2 more

406 S Boulder Ave., Suite. 423, Tulsa, OK

About Paul

Biography

Practice Areas

5

Practice Areas

Adoption 71%

39 years

71%
Probate 10%

44 years

10%
Litigation 5%

44 years

5%

Fees and Rates

Cost

Free Consultation

$0 first 60 minutes

Retainer

Sometimes


Payment Methods

  • Cash
  • Check
  • Credit Card

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Licenses

Licensed in Oklahoma for 43 years

State: Oklahoma

Acquired: 1982

Authorized to Practice Law

No misconduct found

Location

Paul E Swain PLC

406 S Boulder Ave., Suite. 423, Tulsa, OK, 74103

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Paul Everett Swain III's Reviews

Avvo Review Score

3.0 /5.0

2 Client Reviews

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1 star (1)

Posted by anonymous | October 27, 2021 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

HORRIBLE for the birth (REAL) parents

Saving our sisters if you are a birth mom seeking adoption for your child. There are resources and there is help available to you. Don't use this attorney as a birth parent! They don't care about you. Just furthering the adoption lie. Even Good adoptions are trauma for baby! Preverbal trauma affects ...them forever! They want the purchase of your child to go through and they don't care about you or the long term affects of that on your natural child. Please please please do not give your baby away the vast majority of the, BPs state that if they had more HELP, more MONEY, they would keep their baby. THERE IS HELP. FAMILY PRESERVATION SHOULD ALWAYS BE TOP PRIORITY - if adoption was not a BUSINESS, you wouldn't have to pay thousands to do it. Please get help! They will not be giving it to you! They will pressure you and they will work with the APs. There is a significant conflict of interest between them and other attorneys in the area, and they will provide you with high pressure, inaffective counsel, and once you leave the adoption fog behind you will be void of a huge part of your spirit without that piece you were scared to keep! Please do not place your child. You CAN do this and there IS help and support out there for you! These people were working with my APs attorney as they are friends outside of work! They never supported me or helped when I said I didn't want to go through with the adoption and I just wanted my daughter back! They treated me like I was a horrible person and pressured me with PROVEN FALSE claims of it being trauma to my baby who already had suffered preverbal trauma from being taken from her natural mother at birth! They didn't care that the APs had LIED AND FINESSED ME, coercing and BLACKMAILING me into finalizing - they made sure I knew I stood no chance so that the purchase of my baby would go through. They didn't even CALL my phone at finalization when they found that my signing of our Paca wasn't even enough, they EMAILED me like this is 2002 and when I didn't reply they finalized without his signature. He is friends with another adoption attorney outside of the professional force who happened to represent my APs so go figure! Disgusting. They push these lies to help facilitate the sale of babies. They never gave me alternative choices! They never made me feel confident or comfortable and they didn't care that I wasn't. The adoption industry is disgusting in their pushing of this false view of it. OPEN ADOPTION IS NOT LEGALLY ENFORCEABLE. THEY WILL TRY TO ACT LIKE IT IS BUT IT IS A JOKE.

Paul Swain

Replied last August 15, 2022

I am sorry that you were not satisfied with the services we provided. From your review, it appears you are not happy with adoptions in general and it saddens me to hear that. Adoption is a positive way to build families for those that cannot do so by conventional means. We always recommend that birth parents and adoptive parents develop a good relationship with each other. Your review was anonymous, but I believe I know the matter which you are referring to. If I am correct, we reminded you several times that you had the right to revoke your consent and you chose not to do so. We also offered you counseling services and you chose to not take advantage of our offer. Please contact me directly so we can discuss your matter.

Posted by Morgan | April 2, 2019 | Hired Attorney

This review is from a person who hired this attorney.

Very nice and knowledgeable

I had the pleasure of meeting mr.swain and his wife in a very trying time of my life they couldn't have been more kind to me and made me feel more comfortable I would def refer them to all my friends and family

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Experience

Rating:  7.1 (Very Good)

Work Experience

2005 - Present

Owner/Managing Partner, Paul E. Swain PLC

2000 - 2005

Law Clerk, Law Clerk to the Honorable James O. Ellison, senior judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

1982 - 2000

Partner - Shareholder, Boone Smith Davis Hurst & Dickman

Associations

2013 - Present

Cherokee Nation Bar Association

Member

2009 - Present

American Academy of Adoption Attorneys

Fellow

2002 - Present

American Inns of Court

Master - Hudson-Hall-Wheaton Chapter

1998 - Present

U.S. District Court, Western District of Oklahoma

Member

1995 - Present

Rotary Club of Tulsa

Member

1992 - Present

Ronald McDonald Charities of Tulsa

Former Chairman and Board Member; current Advisor

1990 - Present

U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit

Member

1985 - Present

Oklahoma Bar Association, Family Law Section

Member

1983 - Present

U.S District Court, Eastern District of Oklahoma

Member

1982 - Present

Oklahoma Bar Association

Member

1982 - Present

Tulsa County Bar Association

Member

1982 - Present

U.S. District Court, Northern District of Oklahoma

Member

Education

1982

University of Oklahoma College of Law

JD - Juris Doctor

1977

University of Oklahoma

BBA - Bachelor of Business Administration

Speaking Engagements

N/A

Oklahoma Bar Association - Juvenile Law meeting

A Look at the Baby Veronica Case and its Impact on the Indian Child Welfare Act in Oklahoma

Languages

English

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