Alex is co-chair of Carter Ledyard’s Cannabis, Hemp & CBD Industry Group, advising businesses, investors, and other stakeholders in the quickly evolving state-legal cannabis and federally legal hemp (and CBD) industries on how to deal with the unique challenges the industry poses in a practical manner.

Alex also maintains an active litigation and counseling practice, primarily focused on the financial services industry. Alex has more than a decade of experience representing financial institutions, corporate trustees, and individuals on a variety of contract, fraud and business tort cases related to investments in various complex instruments, like Collateralized Debt Obligations (CDOs) and Trust Preferred Securities (TruPS). The notional values of these investments have, collectively, exceeded $3 billion. He also regularly counsels industry employers and employees in connection with restrictive covenants and unfair competition claims.