Kennaday Leavitt Welcomes Senior Associate, Alexa Horner
Kennaday Leavitt is pleased to announce the addition of senior associate, Alexa Horner. Alexa represents health plans and other entities with regulatory compliance, transactional matters, payor-provider disputes, and in all phases of litigation and arbitration.
An experienced trial attorney, Alexa has a proven track record of fighting on behalf of clients in California courts. Alexa has a broad range of experience effectively representing clients across all phases of litigation including discovery, investigations, motions, settlement conferences, hearings, oral argument, examination of witnesses, and taking cases to trial. Alexa received her J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 2018. In law school, Alexa served as the Executive Editor of Loyola Law School’s International & Comparative Law Review, facilitating the publication of articles and managing law review staffers. During law school and following graduation, Alexa participated in Loyola Law School’s Project for the Innocent where she represented wrongfully convicted individuals in post-conviction proceedings, including the exoneration of a client who wrongfully served 32 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. Additionally, Alexa clerked for a Supervising Judge of Los Angeles County Superior Courts. Alexa began her legal career by serving as a San Francisco Deputy Public Defender. She represented clients accused of a wide array of felony and misdemeanor crimes from arraignment through appeal, and successfully tried numerous jury trials to verdict. Alexa’s relentless and fierce advocacy as a trial lawyer and negotiator helped hundreds of clients facing serious consequences achieve favorable outcomes including dismissals, not guilty verdicts and desired settlement agreements. During her time at the Public Defender’s Office, Alexa also participated in lobbying efforts in the California State Assembly. Following her time as a Deputy Public Defender, Alexa shifted her focus to civil litigation, supporting clients through the defense of employment-related and tort claims.