Alexandria Awad

Ms. Awad has successfully authored, argued dispositive and evidentiary motions before New York’s trail and appellate courts. Her reported Appellate decisions include: Dalton

v. North Ritz Club, 147 A.D.3d 10017 (2d Dep’t 2017) (reversing trial court’s order and

reinstating plaintiff’s previously dismissed Complaint); McVea v. County of Orange, 186

A.D. 3d 1221 (2d Dep’t 2020) (affirming trial court’s order granting claimant permission to

file a late notice of claim against a municipal entity); Telesco v. Smith, 200 A.D.3d 1140 (3d

Dep’t 2021) (affirming trial court’s order denying summary judgment to defendant in ice

slip and fall action).

She has gained statewide recognition as a contributing author to the New York State

Trial Lawyer Association’s annual Decisions continuing legal education seminar.

Ms. Awad authors the “Discovery” Chapter, offering her analysis of every discovery-

related decision issued each year by the New York Appellate Division and the Court of

Appeals. Attorneys and law firms statewide use her Discovery Chapter as a tool for their

motion practice.

Ms. Awad earned her Juris Doctor from The George Washington University Law School

in Washington, D.C. During law school, she served as an honors law clerk with the

United States Environmental Protection Agency, and twice served as a law clerk with

the United States Coast Guard. She also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Paula

Feroleto, Administrative Judge of the Eighth District of New York, in Buffalo, New York.

Ms. Awad’s accomplishments as a litigator in New York has earned her recognition by

the New York Metro Super Lawyers year after year.