Alexandra C. Hayes

Associate, Government & Regulatory Affairs

Ms. Hayes has significant experience in state government, joining Gibbons from the New Jersey Assembly Democratic Office, where she was Lead Counsel, as well as aide to the Assembly State and Local Government, Assembly Consumer Affairs, and Assembly Regulated Professions Committees. There, she researched and analyzed state-related legislative and policy issues and collaborated with Assembly members, legislative staff, and stakeholders to formulate policy initiatives. She also honed her legal skills at the Administrative Office of the Courts, Civil Practice Division, supporting New Jersey Supreme Court Committees and judicial conferences and reviewing court programs, policies, and procedures for compliance with legislation, court rules, and administrative directives.

Additionally, she completed a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Timothy P. Lydon, J.S.C. (Ret.) in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Division, establishing a connection with Judge Lydon, who now serves as the Executive Director of the New Jersey Senate Majority Office.

Further, Ms. Hayes has several years of experience at private practices in New Jersey, focusing on creditors’ rights and civil litigation.

Credentials

Education

Rutgers Law School (J.D.)

University of Florida (B.A., Anthropology)

Professional Admissions

State of New Jersey

Judicial Clerkship(s)

Law Clerk to the Hon. Frank M. Ciuffani, P.J.Ch. (Ret.) and the Hon. Ann G. McCormick, J.S.C. (Ret.), Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, September 2014 – August 2015

Law Clerk to the Hon. Frank M. Ciuffani, P.J.Ch. (Ret.) and the Hon. Timothy P. Lydon, J.S.C. (Ret.), Superior Court of New Jersey, Civil Division, August 2013 – August 2014

Legal Employment

Lead Counsel, New Jersey Assembly Democratic Office, Trenton, NJ, December 2022 – September 2024

Associate, Hill Wallack, LLP, Princeton, NJ, August 2019 – May 2021

Attorney 1, Administrative Office of the Courts, Civil Practice Division, Trenton, NJ, July 2017 – August 2019

Associate, Schachter Portnoy, L.L.C., Princeton, NJ, September 2016 – July 2017

Associate, McGovern Legal Services, LLC, North Brunswick, NJ, September 2015 – August 2016