About Alex
Alex advocates for cutting-edge clients in high-stakes disputes. His practice focuses on complex civil litigation, investigations by the US Department of Justice, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and numerous state agencies, as well as appellate litigation. Alex also maintains a robust pro bono practice that is dedicated to defending civil rights and advancing social justice. Previously, he served as a law clerk to Justice Serge Georges Jr. and the late Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants, both of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.
Alex’s notable representative matters include:
- Defending a disruptive education technology company in complex copyright litigation
- Successfully defending a technology-based insurance company by obtaining dismissal of federal and state law trade secret misappropriation claims, including on appeal before the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Representing the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in a US Supreme Court amicus brief on preserving emergency abortion care under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA)
- Representing a gaming company and an individual that resulted in two separate injunctions against a state gaming regulator seeking to shut down the clients’ business
- Successfully representing an alternative data company in an SEC investigation that resulted in no enforcement action
- Representing a West Virginia abortion clinic in challenging an archaic 19th century criminal ban on abortion care
- Representing an incarcerated inmate in habeas corpus and post-conviction proceedings, including before a state supreme court
- Representing a chapter of the NAACP in bringing Voting Rights Act claims against a racially discriminatory state legislative district map
Alex earned his JD from the University of Chicago Law School, where he was a Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Scholar. He also received the Sidley Austin Prize for drafting the best appellate brief in his first year of law school.
Education
University of Chicago Law School
JD, Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Scholar, Sidley Austin Prize, 2020
Georgetown University
BA, Government, magna cum laude, 2017
Court admissions
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
US District Court for the District of Massachusetts
Memberships and affiliations
Asian American Lawyers Association of Massachusetts
National Asian Pacific American Bar Association
Boston Bar Association
Massachusetts Bar Association
Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA)