Alessandra G. Masciandaro is an associate in the Litigation Department and a member of the firm’s Commercial Litigation Group. She has represented clients across a range of industries, including cryptocurrency, FinTech, and the pharmaceutical industry, in matters involving a diverse range claims including complex contract disputes, securities fraud claims, and intellectual property disputes. Ms. Masciandaro also maintains a robust pro bono practice, regularly representing criminal defendants in bringing motions for a sentence reduction and civil plaintiffs in landlord-tenant disputes.

Ms. Masciandaro joined Debevoise in 2021. She received her J.D. magna cum laude and was elected to the Order of the Coif at Seton Hall University School of Law. While in law school, she competed on the Interscholastic Moot Court Board and served as spring symposium editor of the Seton Hall Law Review, an advocate in the FINRA Investor Advocacy Project, co-president of the Intellectual Property Law Association, and a fellow at the Institute for Privacy Protection. Upon graduation, she received the American Law Institute CLE Scholarship and Leadership Award in recognition of her outstanding scholarship and leadership. She earned her B.A. with honors from Douglass College, Rutgers University. Prior to law school, she worked as an educator.

Ms. Masciandaro is the author of "Cleaning-Up After Carpenter: Personal Data as Property Under the Fourth Amendment," 51 Seton Hall L. Rev. 1241 (2021). She is also co-author of several publications, including “California’s Age-Appropriate Design Code Act Expands Businesses’ Privacy Obligations Regarding Minors,” NYU Compliance & Enforcement (Sept., 2022); “Debevoise Discusses What the ADPPA Means for U.S. Data Regulation,” Columbia Blue Sky Blog (July, 2022); “Utah Joins the Comprehensive State Privacy Law Club,” NYU Compliance & Enforcement (May, 2022) and “Functionality Crumbles Under Pocky,” Landslide Magazine, Vol. 14, No. 1 (Sept./Oct.).

Ms. Masciandaro is a member of the Bars of New York and New Jersey. She is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.