Professor Swain also serves as a lecturer of business law for the online MBA program offered by the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University. His area of expertise in business law is state and local tax (SALT). Before transitioning to academia, Professor Swain held the position of Chief Counsel of the Revenue Division for the Indiana Attorney General, where he oversaw all tax litigation for the State of Indiana for twelve years. Before that, he worked as a tax manager at KPMG and Arthur Andersen’s offices in Denver, Colorado, specializing in tax controversies (audit defense) and corporate transactions within the SALT division. He has written over 200 tax-related articles and has delivered numerous lectures on tax topics.