Alexander P. Frawley

Alex Frawley litigates high-stakes matters in courtrooms across the country. Aptly described as “indefatigable” by opposing counsel, Alex has successfully taken on industry giants, including in landmark data privacy cases against Google and groundbreaking copyright infringement litigation against Microsoft and OpenAI.

For example, in Rodriguez v. Google, Alex and a team from Susman Godfrey recently secured a $425 million jury verdict against Google on behalf of two classes of Google users. The lawsuit challenges Google’s practice of collecting data about users’ activity on mobile apps that Google does not own. For their victory, Alex and the team were recognized by Law 360 as Legal Lions of the Week* for this win. Alex joined the team on his first day at the firm, shortly after the case was filed, and he played a lead role in all phases of the case, including by taking key depositions of Google witnesses and experts.

In The New York Times Company v. Microsoft Corporation, Alex and a team from Susman Godfrey represent The New York Times Company in a multidistrict litigation challenging Microsoft’s and OpenAI’s reliance on Times content to train and develop their generative artificial intelligence models and products. Alex plays a lead role in The Times’s discovery efforts, including by arguing at numerous discovery hearings. Read about one of Alex’s arguments here.

In Brown v. Google, Alex and a team from Susman Godfrey serve as co-lead counsel in a lawsuit challenging Google’s collection of users’ browsing information when they are in “Incognito” mode. On the eve of trial, the team struck a watershed deal with Google to resolve the case, which requires Google to change its disclosures, delete or remediate data it had previously collected from Incognito users, and limit the information it collects from Incognito users in the future, all while preserving users’ ability to seek money damages. The proposed settlement is pending court approval. Alex played a lead role in all phases of this case, including by taking and defending key fact witness and expert depositions, arguing portions of Google’s motion to dismiss, arguing portions of Google’s motion for summary judgment, and arguing numerous discovery motions, Daubert motions, and motions in limine. Alex’s summary judgment argument helped the team earn recognition by Law360 as Legal Lions of the Week*.

BACKGROUND

Alex joined Susman Godfrey after clerking for Judge Dennis Jacobs of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Judge Katherine B. Forrest of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Before clerking, Alex began his career at Davis Polk & Wardwell.  

Alex graduated magna cum laude and Order of the Coif from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he was an Executive Editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and a teaching fellow for the first-year legal writing program.  Alex was also awarded the George Shechtman Prize for receiving the highest grade in his first-year Contracts course.  Alex earned his undergraduate degree summa cum laude from Georgetown University, where he majored in Philosophy and Government.

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