• Norman Manley Law School (2008-2010)
  Certificate of Legal Education

• University of the West Indies(2005-2008)
  Bachelor of Laws

• Administrative Law

• Admiralty

• Arbitration

• Debt Recovery

• Commercial Law

• Medical Negligence

• Litigation

• Human Rights Law

• Personal Injury

• Property Law

• Taxation

• Tort

• Extradition

• Environmental Law

• Constitutional Law

• Employment Law

• Mediation

• Election Law

Ms. Swift specializes in litigation and has appeared at all levels of the Belize Court system including the Caribbean Court of Justice.

Caribbean Court of Justice

• Jeffrey Sersland MD and Seferino Paz Jr v .St Matthews University School of Medicine Limited 
  CCJ Appeal No BZCV2022/002/[2022] CCJ 16 (AJ) BZ
  Sole Counsel for the Respondent in an appeal against the Court of Appeal of Belize’s decision to overturn an order of the High Court which appointed an Inspector pursuant to the Companies Act to investigate the affairs of the Respondent.

• Christopher Ram v The Attorney General  et al  CCJ Appeal No. GYCV2019/009
  Bharrat Jagdeo v The Attorney General et al  CCJ Appeal No. GYCV2019/010
  Charrandas  Persaud v Compton  Herbert Reid et al  CCJ Appeal No. GYCV2019/011 [2019] CCJ 14 (AJ)
  Led by Mr. Eamon H. Courtenay SC on behalf of the Attorney General of Guyana in an appeal from the Court of Appeal of Guyana regarding inter alia whether a 'vote of confidence' within art 106(6) of Guyana’s Constitution included a vote of no confidence.

• Gregory August and Alwin Gabb v The Queen
  CCJ Appeal Nos. BZCR2015/001 and BZCR2015/002/ [2018] CCJ 7 (AJ)
  Led by Mr. Eamon H. Courtenay SC on behalf of the Appellants in an appeal from the Court of Appeal of Belize regarding inter alia whether the mandatory penalty of life imprisonment for murder was unconstitutional.  

• Andrew Bennett v The Government of the United States and The Attorney General of Belize 
  Civil Appeal No. 21 of 2021
  Led by Mr. Anthony Sylvester on behalf of the Appellant in an appeal concerning whether the learned trial Judge erred in finding the Extradition Proceedings against the Appellant was not an abuse of process.

• Jason Lawrence v The Queen
  Criminal Appeal 12 of 2014
  Sole Counsel on behalf of Appellant in an appeal against a conviction for murder.

• Kelvin Leach v The Attorney General
  Civil Appeal No. 21 of 2017
  Led by Mr. Eamon Courtenay SC on behalf of the Appellant in an appeal against the High Court’s decision that the Extradition Proceedings against the Appellant was not an abuse of process. 

• Recological Systems Ltd. v The Belize Port Authority, The Minister of Public Utilities & Logistics and The Attorney General
  Claim No. 571 of 2021
  Led by Mr. Douglas Mendes SC on behalf of the Defendants in a claim that the Defendants wrongfully terminated their Agreement to rent and Licence to use a Port Facility.

• Hon. Mark Brantley et al v Constituency Boundaries Commission and The Attorney General of St. Christoper and Nevis
  Claim No. SKBHCV2020/045
  Led by Mr. Eamon Courtenay SC on behalf of the Defendants in Judicial Review proceedings seeking inter alia to quash the Boundaries Report of the 1st Defendant.

• Belize Bank Limited v The Minister of Finance and The Attorney General
  Claim No. 394 of 2018
  Led by Mr. Douglas Mendes SC and Mr. Eamon Courtenay SC on behalf of the Claimant in a claim concerning whether the Minister of Finance in failing to pay the Judgment Debt  failed to comply with his statutory duty imposed by section 25(3) of the Crown Proceedings Act  and whether the decision of the Minister of Finance to not satisfy the Judgment Debt and/or the Certificate Order violates the Claimant’s protection from arbitrary deprivation of its property guaranteed by the Constitution, the Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers Doctrine.

• The Queen v Ernest Castillo et al
  Indictment No. C44/2017
  Sole Counsel on behalf of the 4th Defendant in a trial against the Defendants for murder.       

• AB, CD v EF
  Action No. 17 of 2015
  Led by Mr. Eamon Courtenay SC on behalf of the Defendant in a claim to declare the Defendant of unsound mind. 

More than 14 years of professional experience at the Bar.

• Courtenay Coye LLP
  Partner (2025 -  Present)
  Senior Associate (2014- 2025)

•  Attorney General’s Ministry (2010– 2014)
  Crown Counsel

• Bar Association of Belize
  - President (2020-2022)
  - Executive Committee Member (2022-2023)
  - Secretary (2018-2019)

•  General Legal Council
  - Member (2020-2022)
  - Secretary (2018-2019)

•  Judicial and Legal Services Commission
  - Member (2020-2023)

•  People’s Constitution Commission
  - Member (2022-2023)

• She is co- author of the Belize Chapter in Attorney-Client Privilege in the Americas (Cambridge University Press, 2017).