Alex R. Straus leads the firm’s California office, representing consumers, labor unions, and municipalities in practice areas ranging from mass torts and class action cases to constitutional claims and patent enforcement.

Mr. Straus has argued in front of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and authored an amicus curiae brief filed in the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Straus was counsel of record for the lead case in the 2022 Huntington Beach Oil Spill litigation and serves on the Plaintiffs Steering Committee for the 2025 California Wildfire litigation.

An avid writer, Mr. Straus co-authored with legendary trial lawyer, Ron Motley, a chapter in the book Pathology of Asbestos-Related Diseases, which was published in 2014. Mr. Straus has also authored two books, Medical Marvels: The 100 Most Important Medical Advances (Prometheus Books, 2006) and Guerrilla Golf: The Complete Guide to Playing Golf on Mountains, Pastures, City Streets and Everywhere But the Course (Rodale Press, 2006). The author of more than 100 nationally and internationally published feature-length articles, Mr. Straus won the New York Press Association Best Feature award in 1999.

Born and raised in New York, Mr. Straus attended Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs. As a law student, he was the 2009 recipient of the Kathleen Brit Memorial Prize for Alternative Dispute Resolution. He also served as law clerk for the NFL’s New England Patriots, working with the team’s General Counsel on real estate acquisitions, environmental compliance, and collective bargaining issues.

Mr. Straus is licensed to practice law in California, Massachusetts, New York, Rhode Island, and South Carolina.