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NRD GP v. Colin McCarthy

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Alexandra Avvocato argued and won affirmance for a client seeking advancement of fees in arbitration proceedings brought by a former employer. Alexandra's argument begins at 1:14:00.<a href="https://cmi.nycourts.gov/vod/WowzaPlayer/AD1/AD1_Archive2026_Feb11_14-00-43.mp4" target="_blank">Listen to the argument</a>.

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Alexandra Avvocato is a member of Morrison Foerster’s Appellate and Supreme Court practice.Alexandra’s practice focuses on appeals and critical motions in federal and state courts across the country. She has briefed appeals on a wide array of subjects, including commercial disputes, consumer class actions, antitrust, securities, and intellectual property. Alexandra has presented arguments in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Federal Circuit and the New York Appellate Division, First Department.Before joining Morrison Foerster, Alexandra served as a law clerk for Judge Michelle T. Friedland of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Judge Ronnie Abrams of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.Alexandra received her J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where she served as an executive editor for the Harvard Law Review. She received her B.A., magna cum laude, from Columbia University in English and comparative literature.Alexandra is a member of the Federal Bar Council's Second Circuit Courts Committee. She also maintains an active pro bono practice, including in immigration and civil rights matters.<h4>Appellate Arguments</h4><ul><li><a href="https://ww3.ca2.uscourts.gov/audio/24-872.mp3" target="_blank">Suarez v. Sullivan</a> (2d Cir.) Argued and won vacatur and remand for pro bono client raising Eighth Amendment challenge to medical care and conditions of confinement while incarcerated </li><li><a href="https://cmi.nycourts.gov/vod/WowzaPlayer/AD1/AD1_Archive2026_Feb11_14-00-43.mp4" target="_blank">NRD GP v. Colin McCarthy</a> (1:14:00) (N.Y. App. Div.) Argued and won affirmance for client seeking advancement fees in arbitration proceedings brought by former employer <a href="https://cmi.nycourts.gov/vod/WowzaPlayer/AD1/AD1_Archive2026_Feb11_14-00-43.mp4" target="_blank">NYS Unified Court System</a></li></ul>

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