EDUCATION

Alex attended the University of California, Berkeley, and Golden Gate University School of Law, where they graduated as the top public-interest student in their class and served as Executive Comments and Outside Articles Editor for the Golden Gate University Law Review. Alex served as an extern to U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler and the California Supreme Court.

Alex is licensed to practice law in all California state courts, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (Bay Area, Monterey Bay, and north along the coast to the Oregon border), and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California (Central and Sacramento Valleys, Sierra Nevada, from the Oregon border to Bakersfield).

EXPERIENCE

After law school, Alex trained with former San Francisco City Attorney Louise Renne as an associate at Renne Public Law Group, and then served as the Senior Housing Attorney with award-winning nonprofit Open Door Legal, which is the nation’s first organization dedicated to providing universal civil legal representation to low-income people. Alex’s breadth and depth of legal experience is uncommon for an early-career attorney, having represented hundreds of people, families, nonprofits, governmental agencies, and small businesses in a wide variety of legal matters.

ETHOS

Alex has seen first-hand how difficult and daunting accessing legal services can be; they want to eliminate those difficulties and make sure everyone can access an attorney when they need one at a price they can afford. Pricing is always negotiable based on need, and please do not hesitate to ask for a discount.

Alex wants to ensure that Black, trans, queer, Latinx, Native American, low-income, AAPI, and disabled people have a professional they feel comfortable turning to in times of stress and need, like straight, wealthier white people have always had.

INTERESTS

Outside the law and community engagement, Alex loves attending concerts, hiking the many beautiful trails of Northern California, supporting local theater and performing arts, learning about San Francisco and California history, playing Japanese visual novels, and exploring the art, architecture, food, culture, and public transportation of foreign cities. Outside of magnificent San Francisco, Alex’s favorite places in the American West are Las Vegas, for the shopping, fun, and neon, and Mono County, California, for its outstanding natural beauty and the world’s best ghost town.

JEOPARDY!

Alex had the opportunity to live one of their childhood dreams when they appeared on Jeopardy! on April 21, 2022. Although they lost to the all-time winningest Canadian Jeopardy! champion Mattea Roach, this experience was easily one of Alex’s most exciting and most memorable.