ALEXANDRA (LEXI) MANSBACH

OF COUNSEL

After studying public policy and economics as an undergraduate, Lexi attended law school and launched a career in appellate litigation, beginning with her clerkship for Judge Thomas B. Griffith on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.

Lexi has practiced before the Supreme Court of the United States and federal and state appellate courts throughout the country. Her practice focuses on administrative law and complex civil litigation.

Practice and Background

Lexi has wide-ranging experience handling complex appeals, including developing strategy and authoring briefs. She has briefed many appeals in the federal courts of appeal and state courts of last resort, including several briefs at the merits and certiorari stages in the Supreme Court of the United States. Lexi also has experience litigating complex procedural and dispositive motions before various courts of appeals and district courts, as well as before arbitrators. She has also counseled clients on litigation and regulatory strategy.

Lexi served as a law clerk for Judge Thomas B. Griffith on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. After her clerkship, she served as an associate in the Supreme Court & Appellate practice group at Latham & Watkins LLP.

Lexi majored in both Public Policy and Economics at Stanford University, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. She then attended Stanford Law School, where she was a senior editor and online editor for the Stanford Law Review, and graduated with pro bono distinction.

Selected Matters

Supreme Court

• Trump v. International Refugee Assistance Project & Trump v. Hawaii, Nos. 16-1436 and 16-1540 (S. Ct.): As lead associate, represented amici Oxfam America Inc., the International Rescue Committee, U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants, and Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc., in challenging President Trump’s “Muslim ban” Executive Orders. Amici argued that the reduction in the refugee cap violated 8 U.S.C. § 1157 and 8 U.S.C. § 1182(f), as well as the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

• Quality Systems, Inc. v. City of Miami Fire Fighters’ and Police Officers’ Retirement Trust, No. 17-1056 (S. Ct.): Served as lead associate in writing petition for certiorari concerning the scope of the safe harbor for forward-looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act.

• Prieto v. Clark, No. 15-31 (S. Ct.): Filed petition for certiorari based on a constitutional challenge to inmate’s permanent assignment to solitary confinement.

• MCM Portfolio LLC v. Hewlett-Packard Company, No. 15-1330 (S. Ct.): Served as lead associate in an amicus brief in support of petition for certiorari, arguing that Congress may not remove patent adjudication from federal courts.

• Delling v. Idaho, No. 11-1515 (S. Ct.): Filed petition for certiorari arguing that the Fourteenth and Eighth Amendments mandate the availability of an insanity defense in criminal cases. Justice Breyer dissented from denial of certiorari, joined by Justices Ginsburg and Sotomayor.

Federal Courts of Appeals

• Sony Music Entertainment v. Cox Communication, Inc., No. 21-1168 (4th Cir.): Filed an amicus brief in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees on behalf of the National Music Publishers' Association, Nashville Songwriters Association International, and Songwriters of North America, arguing that vicarious liability for copyright infringement does not require "draw" and that separately-owned musical compositions and sound recordings are entitled to separate statutory damages for each separately sold individual song.

• In re Grupo Televisa Securities Litigation, No. 21-1499 (2d Cir.): Filed an amicus brief on behalf of institutional investors, arguing in support of Petitioners that a district court order disqualifying counsel for failure to disclose transactions made by a third-party pooled investment vehicle would discourage or prevent institutional investors from serving as lead plaintiffs in securities fraud class actions, contrary to congressional intent.

• Maples v. Comm’r, Ala. Dep’t of Corr., 729 F. App’x 817 (11th Cir. 2018): As lead associate, filed a successful appeal for an evidentiary hearing on Corey Maples’ ineffective assistance of counsel habeas corpus claim.

• Masters Pharm., Inc. v. DEA, 861 F.3d 206 (D.C. Cir. 2017): As lead associate, filed amicus brief on behalf of the Healthcare Distribution Management Association and National Association of Chain Drug Stores in support of neither party arguing that wholesale drug distributors have a duty to report suspicious orders but are not required to investigate.

• King v. Time Warner Cable Inc., 894 F.3d 473 (2d Cir. 2018): As lead associate, filed a successful appeal on behalf of Time Warner Cable arguing that it had not operated an “automatic telephone dialing system” within the meaning of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.

• Barahona v. Union Pac. R.R., 881 F.3d 1122 (9th Cir. 2018): Served as lead associate in a successful appeal concerning the 19th-century railroad land grants. The court held Union Pacific could lease its right-of-way to an oil pipeline because the pipeline could serve a “railroad purpose.”

• Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Berm. Co. v. FCM, Ltd. Liab. Co., 739 F. App’x 664 (2d Cir. 2018): Served as lead associate in IT services contract dispute over the scope of the release of liability.

• United States ex rel. Polukoff v. St. Mark’s Hosp., 895 F.3d 730 (10th Cir. 2018): Briefed appeal arguing against False Claims Act liability for hospital that did not know that certain procedures were not “medically necessary.”

State Appellate Courts

• Gonzalez v. Mathis, No. S247677 (Cal. Aug. 19, 2021): Assisted in briefing in successful argument limiting hirers’ liability to independent contractors.

Federal District Courts

• Kimberlin v. Hunton & Williams, No. 8:15-cv-00723-GJH (D. Md. 2016): Represented Palantir as lead associate in successful motion to dismiss plaintiff’s numerous claims, including criminal racketeering, mail fraud, and defamation.

• Par Pharm., Inc. v. TWi Pharm., Inc., No. CCB-11-2466 (D. Md. 2016): As an associate representing Par Pharmaceuticals, drafted various discovery motions and post-judgment briefing, including a successful opposition to a motion for attorney’s fees.

T: (202) 868-6915

lmansbach@deutschhunt.com

Degrees

• J.D., Stanford Law School, 2013

• B.A., Stanford University, Phi Beta Kappa, 2010

Clerkships

• Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (Griffith, J., 2013-2014)

Bar Memberships:

Admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and California, and before the United States Supreme Court, and the United States Courts of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Federal Circuit, and Second, Fourth, and Sixth Circuits.