Alexa Salari, Associate at our Phoenix law office
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Alexa Salari

Associate
Biography

Alexa Salari is an associate in the firm’s commercial litigation group. Before joining the firm, Alexa clerked at the Arizona Court of Appeals Division One for three years, serving as a Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Kenton D. Jones (Ret.), whom she previously externed for, and Senior Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Brian Y. Furuya. There, she researched and drafted more than 50 recommended appellate decisions. Alexa received her J.D. from the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.

Credentials

Bar Admissions

  • Arizona
  • Utah


Court Admissions

  • Supreme Court of Arizona
  • Supreme Court of Utah
  • United States District Court, District of Arizona
  • United States District Court, District of Utah


Education

  • Arizona State University, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law (J.D.)
    • CALI Awards: First Amendment Clinic, Writing for Legal Practice
    • Pro Bono Service Award with Highest Distinction
    • First Amendment Clinic
    • Board Member, ASU Law Moot Court
  • Arizona State University (M.M.C., Master of Mass Communication)
  • Arizona State University (B.A., Journalism and Mass Communication, summa cum laude)
    • Barrett, The Honors College at Arizona State University
    • Kappa Tau Alpha Inductee
Experience

Awards & Recognition

  • The Best Lawyers in America®: Ones to Watch, Commercial Litigation (2025)
  • Snell & Wilmer Pro Bono Award (2024)

Previous Professional Experience

  • Arizona Court of Appeals – Division One
    • Senior Judicial Law Clerk & Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Brian Y. Furuya (2021-2022)
    • Judicial Law Clerk working with various Judges (2020-2021)
    • Judicial Law Clerk to the Hon. Kenton D. Jones (Ret.) (2019-2020)
    • Judicial Extern to the Hon. Kenton D. Jones (Ret.) (2017)
  • First Amendment Clinic, Certified Limited Practicing Student (2019)
  • Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, Research Law Clerk (2018)
  • Arizona Supreme Court, Research Extern to then-Vice Chief Justice Robert M. Brutinel (2018)
  • City of Scottsdale Attorney’s Office, Legal Extern (2017)
  • Cronkite News on Arizona PBS, KAET Channel 8, Anchor & Reporter (2016)

Professional Memberships and Activities

  • American Bar Association

Representative Presentations and Publications