Alex Aiken joined Susman Godfrey after clerking for the Honorable Ronald M. Gould on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and starting his career at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP in New York.  He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Oregon, where he majored in History.  He earned his J.D. Order of the Coif and magna cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was the Online Managing Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and a member of the national moot court team.  In addition, Alex was awarded the David Werner Amram Prize, the P. Pemberton Morris Prize, and a Distinguished Pro Bono Service Award upon his graduation from Penn.