Alexa K. Horner is an associate in the Firm’s Litigation practice group.
An experienced trial attorney, Alexa has a proven track record of fighting on behalf of clients in California courts. Alexa has a broad range of experience effectively representing clients across all phases of litigation, including discovery, investigations, motions, settlement conferences, hearings, oral argument, examination of witnesses, and taking cases to trial. At Weintraub Tobin, Alexa supports clients through litigation, including employment-related and tort claims.
Alexa received her J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 2018. In law school, Alexa served as the Executive Editor of Loyola Law School’s International & Comparative Law Review, facilitating the publication of articles and managing law review staffers. During law school and following graduation, Alexa participated in Loyola Law School’s Project for the Innocent, where she represented wrongfully convicted individuals in post-conviction proceedings, including the exoneration of a client who wrongfully served 32 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Additionally, Alexa clerked for a Supervising Judge of Los Angeles County Superior Courts.
Prior to joining the Firm, Alexa served as a San Francisco Deputy Public Defender in the felony trial rotation, where she represented clients accused of a wide array of crimes from arraignment through appeal and successfully tried numerous jury trials to verdict. Alexa’s relentless and fierce advocacy as a trial lawyer and negotiator helped hundreds of clients facing serious consequences achieve favorable outcomes, including dismissals, not-guilty verdicts, and desired settlement agreements. During her time at the Public Defender’s Office, Alexa also participated in lobbying efforts in the California State Assembly.
State Bar of California
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National Charity League
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Awards:
J.D., Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, 2018
Loyola Law School Dean’s Honors List, 2017
Loyola Law School First Honors, Ethical Lawyering, 2017
B.A., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, 2015
On Wednesday, May 29th, Weintraub attorneys will participate in a panel from the Barristers’ Club of San Francisco Bar Association’s (BASF) Pathways to Partnership Series. This second of two presentations, “Transitioning from Junior to Senior Partner,” will focus the panel discussion on the journey from junior to senior partner and the…
Weintraub Tobin is pleased to welcome Alexa K. Horner as an associate in the Firm’s Litigation practice group, where she supports clients through litigation, including employment-related and tort claims.
In a November 14 article, The Davis Vanguard staff writes about the acquittal of an unhoused man who spent more than 500 days behind bars following an altercation with a pedestrian. Weintraub attorney Alexa Horner, who worked as one of the public defenders on the case, says surveillance footage from that…
In a November 13th article, CBS News writes about the acquittal of an unhoused man who spent more than 500 days behind bars following his altercation with a pedestrian. Weintraub attorney Alexa Horner, who worked as one of the public defenders on the case, says he was only acting in…
On October 11, 2022, a 46-year-old man was charged with resisting arrest and vandalism after opening a high-pressured fire hose valve in the hallway of the 100 Van Ness apartment building in San Francisco. The man, a resident of the building, opened the valve on the 11th floor, causing flooding…
After an August 6, 2022, police stop, a man experiencing mental health difficulties was fired upon by SFPD officers. Weintraub attorney Alexa Horner, who was the Deputy Public Defender on the case, called for the release of the man, Jose Corvera, who had not been charged with any theft but…
On November 10, 2021, Weintraub attorney Alexa Horner successfully defended her client in front of a jury trial in San Francisco. The jury, after seeing video surveillance evidence that her client was acting in self-defense, acquitted the man of all charges. “We are relieved that the jury used their common…
In an April 21st, 2021, article for the San Francisco Chronicle, Megan Cassidy writes about a former medical examiner lab analyst who is facing charges for allegedly stealing drugs from his workplace. Weintraub attorney Alexa K. Horner, who was one of the public defenders on a case where the former…
