Alex Bodaken is an associate in Cohen Milstein’s Antitrust practice, where he represents a broad range of individuals and businesses in civil litigation, with a focus on multi-district class actions and antitrust litigation.
Prior to joining the firm, Alex was a law clerk for the Honorable Jane Stranch of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, as well as the Honorable Gregory Woods of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Before his judicial clerkships, Alex was a litigation fellow at Americans United for the Separation of Church & State.
While attending Georgetown University Law Center, Alex was an executive editor of American Criminal Law Review.
Publications
- Beating Qualified Immunity on Appeal, 57. 4, GULC, Amer. Criminal Law Rev. (2020)
Before pursuing a career in law, Alex was a fourth-grade schoolteacher at Holabird Academy in Baltimore, Maryland.
- District of Columbia
- New York
- Georgetown University Law Center, J.D., magna cum laude, 2021
- Lesley University, M.A., 2015
- Georgetown University, B.A., cum laude, 2012
- Law Clerk, the Hon. Jane Stranch, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (2023 – 2024)
- Law Clerk, the Hon. Gregory Woods, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (2022 – 2023)
- Litigation Fellow, Americans United for the Separation of Church & State (2021 – 2022)
Current Cases
Early Decision Antitrust Litigation
Cohen Milstein and Langer Grogan & Diver represent college students and recent college graduates in a landmark antitrust class action against 32 of the country’s most prestigious colleges and universities for allegedly conspiring to use “early decision” to reduce or eliminate competition for top students. The plaintiffs argue that the colleges collude to increase tuition […]