Alex Straus handles complex litigation as a member of Motley Rice’s Occupational Disease and Toxic Tort practice group. Focusing on asbestos cases, Alex represents individuals and family members who are suffering from mesothelioma or other asbestos-related diseases due to occupational, environmental or household exposure to asbestos.
Alex previously worked as an associate attorney for a New York law firm handling construction, real estate, estate planning and family law cases. During this time, he represented construction industry employers, employer associations and ERISA funds in negotiating and drafting a broad range of contracts, policies and procedures as well as resolving and litigating disputes before state and federal courts. He also served as a family and divorce law mediator and is an American Arbitration Association (AAA) certified mediator.
Prior to joining Motley Rice as an associate, Alex served as a law clerk for the firm, contributing to work on anti-terrorism, asbestos, personal injury and medical device litigation. In addition to providing research, writing and pre-trial support, he often handled communications with clients. Also a law clerk for The New England Patriots, Alex worked with the organization’s General Counsel, gaining experience in real estate acquisitions and environmental compliance matters. He drafted contracts in negotiations involving The New England Patriots and The New England Revolution soccer team and assisted outside counsel for National Football League collective bargaining issues. As a former senior legal editor with New York-based Dennis Publishing, Alex first acquired experience in the legal field working as a legal aide to outside counsel for all post-publication litigation and dealing with three national publications to vet all pre-publication libel, copyright and intellectual property issues.
An avid writer, Alex has authored two published books, Medical Marvels: The 100 Most Important Medical Advances (Prometheus Books) and Guerrilla Golf: The Complete Guide to Playing Golf on Mountains, Pastures, City Streets and Everywhere But the Course (Rodale press). He was awarded the Kathleen Brit Memorial Prize in 2009 for Alternative Dispute Resolution and, in 2008, was a regional finalist in the American Bar Association (ABA) Negotiation Competition. The New York Press Association bestowed its Best Sports Feature award to Alex in 1999. Active in his community, he has volunteered with Volunteer of America’s Operation Backpack, an organization that provides school supplies to over 7,000 homeless children in New York City.
