Alex Tievsky

Curriculum Vitae

ALEXANDER G. TIEVSKY represents consumers and government entities in complex cases where the law is still catching up to today’s challenges. As part of the firm’s dedicated Issues & Appeals group, Alex believes that preparing for an appeal is a vital part of an affirmative litigation strategy. A well-planned, clearly-written appellate brief offers one of the best opportunities to lead the legal conversation around pressing issues. Starting even before cases are filed, Alex works to ensure that clients are positioned to advance the law in the appellate courts, the trial courts, and any other forum where rights are at stake.

In Illinois, Washington, and nationwide, Alex’s advocacy has resulted in major victories for victims of illicit online casinos, social media conglomerates, and debt collectors. Recently, he represented consumers who collectively lost hundreds of millions of dollars wagering at so-called “free-to-play” app-based casinos. After the case was initially dismissed, Alex successfully argued for reversal in the Ninth Circuit, then defended the Ninth Circuit’s opinion in the Washington State Gambling Commission, the Washington Legislature, and the district court. Alex has also represented governments seeking to protect their citizens from public corruption and other unscrupulous actors, including by obtaining an injunction that allowed the cities of Cincinnati and Columbus to prevent their citizens from being forced to pay millions of dollars in ill-gotten subsidies to nuclear power plants.

In addition to his appellate work, Alex is a leader in the firm’s efforts to reform the standard of practice in the plaintiffs’ and class action bars. He has conducted multiple evidentiary hearings to facilitate court investigations into allegations that attorneys acted to enrich themselves at the expense of injured clients or class members. As a result of his efforts, two attorneys have been disbarred for serious fraudulent conduct, a law firm is subject to a permanent injunction regarding its unauthorized practice of law in Illinois, and multiple criminal and disciplinary referrals remain pending.

Alex received his law degree cum laude from the Northwestern University School of Law, where he graduated from the two-year accelerated J.D. program and was Media Editor of the Northwestern University Law Review. He is admitted to the state bars of Illinois and Washington and is a member of both the Lesbian and Gay Bar Association of Chicago and QLaw, the LGBTQ+ Bar Association of Washington.