Mary Alexander

Mary E. Alexander is the founding attorney of Mary Alexander & Associates, P.C. in San Francisco, California. She represents people harmed by negligence and misconduct in consumer, toxic exposure, sexual abuse, wrongful death and vehicle crash cases, with a long record of claims on behalf of women, children, people with disabilities and grieving families.

Her results listed by the firm include a $305 million settlement with paint companies over lead paint in 10 California counties, a $32.7 million settlement with the City of Oakland for families of Ghost Ship fire victims and a survivor, in which she served as lead plaintiffs’ liaison counsel, and a $45 million verdict for a woman left quadriplegic by a red-light driver.

Before law school, Alexander worked as a medical toxicology researcher and director of environmental health at Stanford Research Center, a background she draws on in toxic exposure, product liability and complex medical cases. She earned a master’s in public health from the University of California, Berkeley and her law degree from Santa Clara University School of Law in 1982. She is a past president of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, now the American Association for Justice, and of the Consumer Attorneys of California, and she has been inducted into the Lawdragon Hall of Fame.