Alexandra G. Elenowitz-Hess

Alex Elenowitz-Hess joined Friedman Kaplan in November 2022 to focus on complex commercial litigation and white collar criminal defense.

Prior to joining Friedman Kaplan, Alex was an associate at Sher Tremonte LLP where she focused on complex commercial litigation and criminal defense. She represented companies and individuals before federal and state courts, at both the trial and appellate levels, in matters such as corporate governance litigation, fiduciary duty/faithless servant actions, contract disputes, bankruptcy adversarial proceedings, foreign arbitral awards, defamation claims, and internal investigations. Her appellate experience includes arguments before the Second Circuit, the D.C. Court of Appeals, and the New York State Appellate Division.

Prior to that, she practiced at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison LLP and was a law clerk for the Honorable Ralph K. Winter of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and the Honorable Pamela K. Chen of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Outside the Office

Alex is a member of the Federal Bar Council's Inn of Court. She is also on the Federal Bar Council's Civil Rights Committee and the Appellate Courts Committee of the New York County Lawyers Association.