Overview
Alexxa Leon joined Susman Godfrey after clerking for Chief Judge Mary H. Murguia of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Fernando Rodriguez, Jr. of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Prior to clerking, Alexxa graduated summa cum laude from the University of Houston Law Center, where she served as a Senior Articles Editor of the Houston Law Review.
Before attending law school, Alexxa worked as a third-grade teacher in South Texas. She earned her undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College.
Clerkships
- Honorable Mary H. Murguia, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Honorable Fernando Rodriguez, Jr. , United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Education
Education
- The University of Houston Law Center (J.D., summa cum laude)
- Senior Articles Editor, Houston Law Review
- LEX Awards in Torts & Civil Procedure—Award for highest grade in the class
- UHLC Dean’s Scholarship
- Dean’s List
- Order of the Barons
- Order of the Coif
- Bowdoin College (B.A.)
- Lennox Book Foundation Prize—Africana Studies Departmental Award
- Sarah and James Bowdoin Scholar (Dean’s List)
Publications
- Comment, “Assessing Felony Reenfranchisement Through the Lens of Obergefell,” 59 Hous. L. Rev. 743 (2022)
Languages
Languages
- Spanish
