Alex Elenowitz-Hess advises clients through complex disputes, investigations and business challenges with strategic judgment, practical solutions and effective advocacy.
Alex represents businesses, executives, investors and other clients in complex commercial disputes, shareholder and securities litigation, internal investigations, and employment matters. She regularly represents clients in federal and state courts.
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Alex has secured multimillion-dollar judgments and favorable resolutions in commercial disputes, as well as successful outcomes in federal criminal proceedings. She helps clients navigate high-stakes legal and business challenges through strategic advocacy and practical counsel.
Representative Experience
- Secured dismissal of a $100 million breach of fiduciary duty action brought against former hedge fund employee.
- Conducted a multiyear internal investigation on behalf of a publicly-traded company facing a federal investigation.
- Sucessfully appealed the district court’s dismissal in a defamation suit before the DC Circuit and the DC Court of Appeals.
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- Secured dismissal of multidistrict litigation in connection with an equity dispute between foreign corporations.
- Advised a hedge fund in a cryptocurrency dispute.
- Represented largest shareholder of a tech start-up in shareholder litigation.
- Secured dismissal of -multimillion-dollar case alleging securities violations on behalf of a social networking site.
- Successfully got conviction overturned by the Second Circuit in a CJA (Criminal Justice Act) drug case.
Professional Highlights
- Recognized on the Best Lawyers “Ones to Watch” list and as a “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers.
- Appointed to Second Circuit Pro Bono Panel.
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- Publications
- “The Collapse of the House that Ruth Built: The Impact of the Feeder System on Female Judges and the Federal Judiciary, 1970–2014,” American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy & the Law, 2016. Author.
Education
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J.D., Yale Law School, 2015
M.A./B.A., History, Yale University, 2012
Admissions
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New York
Courts
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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Clerkships
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Clerk to Hon. Ralph K. Winter, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Clerk to Hon. Pamela K. Chen, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York