Overview
Alexa C. Salcito is an associate in Connell Foley LLP's Complex Commercial Litigation and Insurance Coverage Groups. She represents and advises clients in a variety of business and shareholder disputes, employment related claims, insurance coverage matters, and white collar crime investigations. Additionally, Alexa assists in general corporate matters for and on behalf of businesses involved in the growing, processing and distribution of cannabis.
Alexa is an established litigator with comprehensive experience in all aspects of the litigation process, from pre-suit to the handling of complex motions, depositions, and expert witness testimony throughout the discovery phase. She has first chair trial experience and vast familiarity with alternative dispute resolution, including mediations and arbitrations. Alexa is also proficient with the appeals process. She has drafted numerous appellate briefs in cases before our State's Appellate Division, including a Petition for Certification to the New Jersey Supreme Court.
Prior to joining the firm, Alexa represented clients at a distinguished plaintiff's litigation firm in New Jersey. She served as a law clerk for The Honorable Heidi Willis Currier, J.A.D., in the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division in New Brunswick.
Alexa earned her J.D. from Seton Hall University School of Law. She was an article editor for the Seton Hall Law School's Legislative Journal, Vol. 39. Alexa also received two specialized certifications at Seton Hall from the U.S. Healthcare Compliance Program (HCCP) and NITA Deposition Skills Program. She was a member of the Civil Rights and Constitutional Litigation clinic at the Seton Hall Law School Center for Social Justice.
Activities
Professional and Community Affiliations
- Member, New Jersey State Bar Association (NJSBA)
- Hudson County Bar Association
- New Jersey Women Lawyers Association
News & Insights
News
Honors
Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch (2025)
- Commercial Litigation
New Jersey Super Lawyers, Rising Stars (2019-2021, 2024)
The National Trial Lawyers
- Top "40 under 40" (2021)
- Northern New Jersey (2022)
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Clerkships
- Honorable Heidi Willis Currier, New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, New Brunswick, NJ
Education
Seton Hall University School of Law (J.D., 2015)
Lafayette College (B.A., Government and Law, magna cum laude, Minor in Sociology, magna cum laude, 2012)
Article Editor, Seton Hall Legislative Journal, Vol. 39
Admissions
- New Jersey
- United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania