About Eugene Alexis
Eugene Alexis Sokoloff built his academic foundation at McGill University, where he earned a B.A. in political science in 2004. He went on to complete an M.A. at Columbia University in 2009 and received his J.D. from Yale Law School in 2012. Those steps gave him training in both theory and practice before he turned to appellate work.
His early career included a position at Human Rights Watch in 2006, where he worked on legal research and advocacy. After law school he joined Davis Polk & Wardwell as an associate in 2012. He served as law clerk to Judge Robert D. Sack on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 2013, and then moved into appellate practice as an associate at Hogan Lovells in 2014. In 2019 he clerked for Justice Stephen G. Breyer at the Supreme Court of the United States. He became counsel at MoloLamken LLP in 2020.
Those clerkships and firm roles shaped a practice concentrated on appeals and high-stakes federal litigation. He is admitted to practice in New York and holds current memberships in the New York State Bar and the District of Columbia Bar. His admissions extend across the federal appellate courts, including the 1st, 2nd, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th and 11th Circuits, the D.C. Circuit and the Federal Circuit, as well as before the U.S. Supreme Court. He is also admitted in the United States District Courts for the District of Columbia and for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.
Colleagues describe him as someone who combines courtroom experience with an understanding of how judges work. He has moved between public-interest legal work, private practice and the judiciary. That range has informed how he crafts appellate briefs and prepares oral argument. He is known among peers for methodical preparation and for giving careful attention to legal detail.
At MoloLamken he works on appeals and related litigation across federal and state forums. His current practice includes representing clients in appellate briefs, motions, and oral arguments up to and including filings in the Supreme Court of the United States. He continues to handle cases that require appellate briefing and courtroom advocacy, representing clients in complex federal appeals and Supreme Court matters.
