Alexandra Maxwell

Alexandra Maxwell received her bachelor's degree from Columbia University and received her law degree from Pace University School of Law, cum laude, where she was an Editor of the Pace International Law Review. Ms. Maxwell is admitted to the New York and Connecticut Bars; as well as the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. She is a member of the New York State Bar Association, the Westchester County Bar Association, and a member of its New Lawyers Section and Family Law Section, as well as the Westchester Women’s Bar Association. Her primary area of practice is civil litigation, including matrimonial litigation.

During law school, Ms. Maxwell worked at boutique law firms focusing on matrimonial trial and appellate work. Prior to law school, Ms. Maxwell interned for Congressman Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY); Senator Barbara Mikulski(D-MD); NBC News; and for ABC's Barbara Walters’ “The View”. Ms. Maxwell has done volunteer work for the Domestic Violence Assistance Program and the Office of the Public Defender in Montgomery County, Maryland as well as at Kibbutz Tirat Tzvi in Israel. Her published works include The Disparity in Treatment of International Custody Disputes in American Courts: A Post September 11th Analysis, a comment published in the Pace International Law Review's Spring 2005 Volume.