Alexandra Wald

Partner, New York

Alexandra Wald

Partner, New York

Alexandra Wald’s practice focuses on general commercial litigation, employment litigation, and intellectual property litigation. Her clients have included companies and individuals in the financial services (investment banks and hedge funds), manufacturing, renewable energy, consumer products, aerospace, and consulting industries, among others. She has advised clients with regards to contract disputes including breach of contract, allegations of fraud, trade secrets, and shareholder litigation. She has counseled numerous employers and employees in connection with separation from employment and restrictions on competition, in addition to issues relating to alleged discrimination and sexual harassment. Alexandra has regularly represented clients in intellectual property litigation, particularly relating to trade secrets, patent infringement, and trade dress.

Alexandra has twice received the BTI Client Service Award, which is an award granted on the basis of unsolicited recommendation by a Fortune 500 client for outstanding service. She was selected to become a member of the Litigation Counsel of America Trial Lawyer Honorary Society. Alexandra has been named one of New York’s Super Lawyers for business litigation each year since 2013 and was twice selected by Super Lawyers as one of the top 50 women lawyers in the New York metropolitan area.

Alexandra is a graduate of Columbia Law School, where she was a James Kent Scholar and Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar and was on the Editorial Boards of the Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems and the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law. Alexandra formerly served as a Law Clerk to the Honorable Reginald C. Lindsay of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, and she practiced with Cravath, Swaine & Moore. She is a member of the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Committee. She is fluent in written French.

Alexandra Wald’s practice focuses on general commercial litigation, employment litigation, and intellectual property litigation. Her clients have included companies and individuals in the financial services…

Education

Columbia Law School (J.D. 1997); Harvard University (M.A. 1994); Yale University (B.A., cum laude, 1991)

Bar Admissions

New York State; U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Activities and Affiliations

Member, Advisory Board of Law Clerks for Diversity

Member, New York City Bar Association (Professional Discipline Committee)

Member, American Bar Association (Co-Chair, Ethics Sub-Committee, Business and Litigation Section)

Member, New York State Bar Association

Board Member, National Center for Law and Economic Justice

Representative Commercial Litigation Matters

Represent consulting firm in claim to obtain engagement fee.

Successfully represented renewable energy company in obtaining declaratory judgment in contract dispute with shareholders and former executive that was affirmed on appeal.

Represented investors in savings & loan holding company in action against U.S. government for breach of contract after government reneged on agreement regarding minimum capital requirements. Conducted deposition and expert discovery and served on trial team resulting in verdict in excess of $300 million in reliance damages.

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Representative Employment Matters

Represented plaintiffs in action challenging compliance of Jefferson County, Alabama with consent decree after findings of discrimination in hiring of firefighters and police.

Defended cosmetics company against claim of discrimination on basis of race in selection of preferred vendors brought by preferred vendor applicant; matter settled after filing of pre-discovery motion for summary judgment.

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Representative Intellectual Property and Technology Matters

Successfully obtained a preliminary injunction for our client, a leading provider of specialty tax software, to prevent a competitor from misappropriating our client’s trade secrets, using our client’s software to check the accuracy of its own computer programs, and interfering or causing others to interfere with our client’s contractual relationships.

Representing an individual inventor against a large aircraft manufacturer in a patent infringement action covering fire suppression technology.

Defended major manufacturer in litigation alleging infringement of patent for child’s drinking cup valve; summary judgment of non-infringement granted in favor of defendant following expert reports and claim construction.

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Representative Constitutional Law Matters

Amicus brief on behalf of American Bar Association in Sixth Circuit appeal supporting University of Michigan Law School’s measures to increase diversity in legal profession in Grutter v. Bollinger.

Amicus brief on behalf of American Judicature Society on behalf of judges opposing restrictions on government funded lawyers in Legal Services v. Velasquez. 

Petition for Certiorari on behalf of Times Square Business Improvement District seeking to uphold New York City’s zoning regulations pertaining to adult businesses in First Amendment challenge.

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Cohen & Gresser is pleased to announce that 29 of the firm's lawyers are included on the 2023 New York Metro Super Lawyers list and 11 lawyers are included on the 2023 New York Metro Rising Stars list across a range of practice areas.

Super Lawyers named C&G co­founder Mark S. Cohen one of the Top 10 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area. Partners Jonathan S. Abernethy and Karen H. Bromberg have also been named to the Super Lawyers list of the Top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area. Additionally, Karen has been recognized as one of the Top 50 women lawyers within the same region.

Super Lawyers and Rising Stars are annual lists of outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only 5 percent of the lawyers in each state are selected as Super Lawyers, and only 2.5 percent are selected as Rising Stars.

The C&G lawyers recognized on the New York Metro Super Lawyers list are:

The C&G lawyers recognized on the New York Metro Rising Stars list are:

Cohen & Gresser is pleased to announce that 37 of the firm's New York and Washington D.C.­based attorneys have been named to the 2021 Super Lawyers List across a wide range of practice areas. C&G co­founder Mark S Cohen and partners Jonathan S Abernethy and Daniel H Tabak have also been named to the Super Lawyers list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partner Karen H Bromberg has been recognized as one of the top 50 women lawyers in the New York metropolitan area.

Super Lawyers ranks outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Only five percent of the lawyers in each state are selected as Super Lawyers, and only 2.5 percent are selected as Rising Stars.

Super Lawyers

Jonathan S Abernethy: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Kwaku Andoh: Mergers & Acquisitions

Elizabeth Bernhardt: Business Litigation

Thomas E Bezanson: Personal Injury – Products: Defense

Colin C Bridge: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Karen H Bromberg: Intellectual Property

Jason Brown: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Joanna K Chan: Securities Litigation

Mark S Cohen: Business Litigation

S Gale Dick: Business Litigation

Christian R Everdell: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Lawrence T Gresser: Business Litigation

Oliver S Haker: Business Litigation

Johannes Jonas: Mergers & Acquisitions

Nicholas J Kaiser: Real Estate

Jeffrey I. Lang: Business Litigation

Melissa H Maxman: Antitrust Litigation

Ellen Paltiel: General Litigation

Nathaniel P T Read: Business Litigation

Bonnie J Roe: Securities & Corporate Finance

Stephen M Sinaiko: Business Litigation

C Evan Stewart: Securities Litigation

Daniel H Tabak: Business Litigation

Scott D Thomson: Business Litigation

Alexandra Wald: Business Litigation

Ronald F Wick: Antitrust Litigation

Rising Stars

Luke Appling: Civil Litigation

Sharon L Barbour: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Drew S Dean: General Litigation

William Kalema: Business Litigation

Sri Kuehnlenz: Civil Litigation

Winnifred A Lewis: Securities Litigation

Marvin J Lowenthal: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Barbara K Luse: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Matthew V Povolny: Business Litigation

Benjamin Zhu: Criminal Defense: White Collar

Cohen & Gresser is pleased to announce that 35 of the firm's New York and Washington D.C.­based attorneys have been named to the 2020 Super Lawyers List across a wide range of practice areas. C&G co-­founder Mark S Cohen and partners Jonathan S Abernethy and Daniel H Tabak have also been named to the Super Lawyers list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partner Karen H Bromberg has been recognized as one of the top 50 women lawyers in the New York metropolitan area.
We are pleased to announce that 33 of our New York and Washington D.C.-based C&G attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers this year across a wide range of practice areas. Super Lawyers also selected C&G co-founder Mark S Cohen and partners Jonathan S Abernethy and Daniel H Tabak to its list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partner Karen H Bromberg to its list of the top 50 women lawyers in the New York metropolitan area.
We are pleased to announce that thirty of our New York and Washington, D.C.-based C&G attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers this year across a wide range of practice areas. Super Lawyers also selected C&G co-founders Mark S Cohen and Lawrence T Gresser to its list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partners Karen H Bromberg and Alexandra Wald as two of its top 50 women lawyers in New York. Super Lawyers ranks outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Fewer than five percent of all lawyers in the U.S. receive this honor.
Twenty-eight of our New York and Washington D.C.-based Cohen & Gresser attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers this year across a wide range of practice areas. Super Lawyers also named C&G co-founding partner Mark S Cohen to its list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partners Karen H Bromberg and Alexandra Wald to its top 50 women lawyers in New York list. Super Lawyers ranks outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Fewer than five percent of all lawyers in the U.S. receive this honor.
Twenty-two of our New York and Washington, D.C.-based attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers this year across a wide range of practice areas. Super Lawyers also named C&G co-founding partners Mark S Cohen and Lawrence T Gresser to its list of the top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area, and partner Karen H Bromberg to both its list of top 50 women lawyers and top 100 lawyers in the New York metropolitan area.
We are pleased to announce that twenty-two of our New York-based C&G attorneys have been recognized by Super Lawyers this year across a wide range of practice areas. Super Lawyers ranks outstanding lawyers who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement. Fewer than five percent of all lawyers in New York receive this honor.

In this article for Law360,  Alexandra Wald defends the independence of the judiciary following a slew of comments said and tweeted by the current President.

Who bears the cost of a lost or stolen ring after a broken engagement?

A discussion on the Cariou v. Prince ruling in the context of determining fair use of existing art in creating new work. The article asks: what qualifies a new piece, which incorporates existing work from peers, as transformative enough to avoid claims of copyright infringement?

Recent precedents constructing "notice" provisions in employment agreements suggest that quitting is not so simple. Such provisions have recently come to the fore as potential mechanisms for employers to place limits on competition by departing employees.

This article examines how lawyer-client relationships have been impacted by 2009 passing of the the New York’s Rules of Professional Conduct legislation.

Partners John Roberti and Alexandra Wald were joined by Hoyt K. Webb of Legrand North & Central America, Karine Faden Fiore of CHAT, and Alexander Wood of PepsiCo Inc. in this virtual DEI CLE presentation hosted in partnership with the Association of Corporate Counsel, Westchester and Southern Connecticut Chapter. The panel addressed compliance and accommodation issues as well as provided practical tips for fostering a supportive work environment.

This course provided an overview of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct ("RPC") for attorneys, promulgated in April 2009. It focused on four key areas of change from the Code of Professional Responsibility that the RPC superseded.