Alexander Preve - Coblentz Law

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P 415.293.6499

F 415.989.1663

apreve@coblentzlaw.com

Education

J.D.

Vanderbilt University Law School (2020)
B.A., Phi Beta Kappa,

University of Virginia (2014)

Practices

Litigation

White Collar Defense & Investigations

Alex Preve is a trial attorney who litigates matters in both federal and state courts. His practice focuses on complex civil litigation with an emphasis on high-stakes business disputes, employment law, and white collar defense.

Alex represents corporate and individual clients at all stages of litigation, from pretrial through trial. His industry experience ranges from Bay Area technology start-ups, venture capital, gaming, telecommunications, and commercial real estate development. Alex also has extensive government enforcement defense experience, including managing and responding to subpoenas and discovery requests, preparing clients for deposition testimony, and coordinating litigation teams in discovery and motion practice. He has navigated numerous complex securities-fraud, civil-forfeiture, and insurance fraud cases and regulatory enforcement actions brought by the government.

Alex maintains an active pro bono practice in international human rights law. He is currently working with Corporate Accountability Lab to seek sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act against a corporation that has engaged in serious human rights abuse in its corporate supply chain. He is also assisting the Human Rights Center at Berkeley Law School in conducting an assessment of the risks that generative artificial intelligence presents to international human rights frameworks.

Prior to joining Coblentz, Alex clerked for the Honorable Edward M. Chen of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Alex is a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy, the American Society of International Law, and the American Branch of the International Law Association. In 2023, he successfully completed a 14-week course, certified by the University of Reading in the United Kingdom, on the application of international law to state operations in cyberspace.

Alex earned his J.D. from Vanderbilt University Law School, where he was on the editorial board for the Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law. Alex received his B.A. in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia, graduating Phi Beta Kappa. Alex is bilingual in English and Spanish.

Author, “Doe v. Meta and the Future of the Communications Decency Act,” Transnational Litigation Blog (May 2022)

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