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EXPERIENCE AND CREDENTIALS

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Founding Partner | Robbins Ross Alloy Belinfante Littlefield (“Robbins”)

2008 – 2022

 

Alexa and the Robbins Firm maintain close ties and continue joint representations.  This top-tier litigation and government regulatory firm grew from 4 to 20+ attorneys with gold-standard reputation for legal work, government relations, partner loyalty, associate growth and promotion, employee quality, firm-wide benefits, and unyielding collegiality and mutual respect.

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The Robbins Firm supports and works with AlexaRossLaw on a variety of client matters.

  • Started firm with Robbins (Sutherland colleague of 18 years) and two employee attorneys

  • Grew to 25 attorneys plus government relations affiliate with stellar reputations

  • Defined mission and strategized smart growth

  • Executed strategic plan

  • Attorney hiring, mentoring, performance reviews

  • Oversaw six office buildouts from architect sketch through occupancy - managed architects, designers, builders, and materials suppliers; each time came in six figures under budget

  • “Face” of the law firm (Georgia Trend, Atlanta Business Chronicle, Fulton County Daily Report, televised news, federal judge event, non-profit annual conference conferences, podcast with the Honorable Gail Tuson)


Alexa Ross Consulting

https://www.alexarossconsulting.com

 

Founding Partner | Alexa Ross & Associates, Atlanta, GA

2004–2007

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Alexa operated this niche law firm, dedicated primarily to the then-developing charter school industry. The firm (i) represented for-profit charter school management companies and nonprofit, model schools (including the Cousins’ Foundation East Lake Drew Charter School); (ii) served on the founding board of the National Alliance of Public Charter Schools; (iii) presented at  Education Law Association, National Alliance, and Georgia Charter Schools Association conferences.

 

Trial Attorney | Eversheds Sutherland, Atlanta, GA

1990–2003

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Sutherland recruited Alexa from law school.  Alexa earned unprecedented respect as an associate.   As a first-year associate, Alexa second-chaired the deposition of President Jimmy Carter and first-chaired depositions of several former Georgia governors.  Following Alexa second-chaired two federal lawsuits against the State of Georgia. Alexa served as lead counsel and prevailed in what was then the most significant, special education case of first impression ever heard by the Eleventh Circuit. (link here to Mandy S. v. Fulton County School District, 205 F. Supp.2d 1358 (2000), aff’d, 273 F.3d 1114 (11th Cir. 2001).)

EDUCATION HONORS and CREDENTIALS

Juris Doctor of Law | University of Florida, Fredric G. Levin College of Law


Honors: First in class, Outstanding Graduate faculty award, National Graduate of the Year (Association of Women Lawyers), National Law Journal recognition in "Worth Reading," and record number of student publications.
 

Member | State Bar of Georgia, Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Georgia Supreme Court, Court of Appeals, and Superior – State Courts
Certified Arbitrator

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STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES AND CHARTER SCHOOLS
• Nationally recognized expert in the education of students with disabilities, charter school creation, governance, and operation
• Respected as expert, trainer, and advocate by plaintiff and defense counsel
• 20 + years of experience in all applicable law: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Americans with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504, state
law, federal and state regulations, school district policy
• Lead counsel for State, United States of America v. State of Georgia, 1:16-CV-03088 (N.D. Ga. 2020)
• Lead counsel for State, Georgia Advocacy Office et al. v. State of Georgia, 1:17-cv-03999 (N.D. Ga 2020)
• Lead counsel, Mandy S. v. Fulton County Board of Education, 205 SUPP. 1358, aff’d 273 F.D.A. 1114 (2000)
• Fulton County Board of Education special education defense counsel aprox. 5 years, all matters resolved in school district favor
• Expert in costs of special education services and representation
• Auditor, litigation costs; identified 7 figures of unnecessary charges to school district
• Many seminars and presentations
 

CHARTER SCHOOLS
• Among the founders of Drew Charter School, Atlanta’s first charter school, now national model for community reconstruction
• Draft charter board policies
• Advise governing boards Secured for Drew school district special education funding for charter school students by taking on the Atlanta Public School
District from the inside (Superintendent and GC) – setting the precedent in Georgia
• Work directly with State Department of Education on charter school regulations and policy formation
• GC to largest charter school in country, Georgia Cyber Academies 2012 – 2021
 

HIGHER EDUCATION
• Advise public and private institutions
• Represent university students with disabilities facing unjust expulsion
• Perfect record of achieving client goals

PROFESSIONAL HONORS

"Attorney Of The Decade," Attorney At Law Magazine, 2020 (Volume 9, Issue 1, Atlanta)

Legal Elite in Business Law, Employment Law, General Practice, and Trial Law, Georgia Trend

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