The Hon. Michael P. Swearingen is a magistrate for the Fairfield County Magistrate Court in South Carolina.
The magistrate court presides over landlord/tenant hearings, summons and complaint cases (to claim disputed funds), claim and delivery cases (to reclaim property), and public sales of abandoned vehicles. Its magistrates also hear criminal and traffic cases, issue warrants and set bonds, and hold preliminary hearings and transfer cases for the county.
In addition to his judicial service, Swearingen has worked as a partner at Coleman Tolen & Swearingen, a law firm located in Winnsboro, South Carolina.
Swearingen earned a bachelor's degree from Newberry College in 1995. He then completed a J.D. at the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1998.