As a perpetual learner with a passion for the law, Alexa Halkias is dedicated to her career as a trial lawyer. She enjoys the evolutionary and ever-changing aspects of the law, as well as having the opportunity to advocate for the Firm’s clients.
Alexa practices complex litigation defense in pharmaceutical, medical device, products liability, and toxic torts matters. She has represented multiple pharmaceutical companies, assisting with all aspects of fact and expert discovery. Her experience includes conducting fact witness depositions of plaintiffs and their treating physicians, preparing expert and corporate witnesses for deposition, drafting dispositive and pretrial motions, and managing individual case development and case-wide discovery in multidistrict litigation.
Beyond her case assignments, Alexa is actively engaged in the Firm’s professional development, mentorship, and recruitment initiatives. She serves as a mentor to summer associates, participates in attorney recruitment, and is a member of the Women Attorneys of Hollingsworth.
Alexa earned her J.D. from William & Mary Law School, where she was Lead Articles Editor of the William & Mary Law Review, a Legal Practice Fellow, and received numerous honors including the CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Advanced Legal Research and the Gambrell Professionalism Award. During law school, Alexa interned in the Trial Division of the Missouri State Public Defender, served as a Research Assistant to Professor Paul Marcus, and worked in the Elder and Disability Law Clinic. Alexa was a member of the Firm’s 2022 Summer Associate Class.
A West Virginia native, Alexa graduated summa cum laude from West Virginia University with a double major in English and history, and a minor in law and legal studies. She was recognized as an Eberly Scholar and Eberly College Outstanding Senior in History and was awarded the Virginia Butts Sturm Undergraduate Scholarship. She also served as a legal intern through the Governor’s Internship Program with West Virginia Public Defender Services (PDS).