Alla Lefkowitz

Alla directs Everytown Law’s national affirmative litigation practice, bringing impact litigation aimed at preventing future gun violence. Her work includes representing survivors of gun violence against reckless gun industry actors, as well as representing community members and businesses impacted by dangerous gun lobby-backed laws. Alla’s work challenges state and federal gun industry immunity and secrecy laws that infringe on the rights of gun violence victims to seek justice in court.

Alla is a graduate of Duke Law School and Claremont McKenna College, and is admitted to practice in the following jurisdictions:  New York; District of Columbia; Second Circuit; Southern District of New York; Northern District of New York; Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Her work has been profiled in publications such as the Kansas City Star, New York Times, NPR, Houston Chronicle, and the Washington Post. 

Prior to joining Everytown, Alla was a Senior Staff Attorney at the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. She began her career as a Litigation Associate at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, LLP in New York.

Office

• Washington, D.C.

Education

• Claremont McKenna College, B.A.
• Duke Law School, J.D.

Bar Admissions

• District of Columbia
• New York

Court Admissions

• United States District Courts, Northern and Southern Districts of New York
• United States District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin
• United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

Publications

• Alla Lefkowitz, “It’s time to hold gun manufacturers accountable in court,” Opinion, Sun Sentinel (May 30, 2018). 
• Eric Tirschwell and Alla Lefkowitz, Prohibiting Guns at Public Demonstrations: Debunking First and Second Amendment Myths after Charlottesville, UCLA Law Review – Discourse (April 5, 2018). 
• Eric Tirshwell and Alla Lefkowitz, McAuliffe’s prohibition on guns at RVA’s Lee monument is constitutional, Opinion, Richmond-Time Dispatch (Dec. 9, 2017).