Alex practices intellectual property law with an emphasis on patent and trade secret litigation and licensing at Carlson Caspers. She draws on her engineering background to represent clients in the pharmaceutical, medical device, consumer product, and agricultural industries.
Alex has extensive experience defending generic pharmaceutical companies in Hatch-Waxman ANDA litigation. She also has substantial experience in the trade secret arena, both enforcing client trade secrets and defending clients against accusations of trade secret misappropriation. In addition to her litigation practice, Alex also drafts and negotiates IP-related agreements, including patent licensing and research collaboration agreements.
As part of the legal team for the world’s leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics, Alex assisted a Carlson Caspers client in securing a non-exclusive license for a patent portfolio, governance framework, and standard licensing terms relating to CRISPR-Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) genome editing technology.
Minnesota Lawyer named Alex as a 2018 Up & Coming Attorney. Minnesota Super Lawyers has recognized Alex as a “Rising Star” every year since 2015.
Alex is active in the local legal community and is a member of the Minnesota Federal Bar Association. She has also provided pro bono representation to a variety of clients; most recently, she has worked in connection with the Great North Innocence Project to represent clients who have been wrongfully convicted of serious crimes and was part of a team that prevailed in obtaining a vacated conviction for a client after a two-week evidentiary hearing on post-conviction review.
Alex is co-chair of hiring at Carlson Caspers and works to recruit law students and prospective law students to the firm. She is a member of the firm’s diversity committee and regularly participates in meetings and events for several minority bar associations.
During law school, Alex clerked as a judicial extern for the Honorable Randy J. Holland of the Delaware Supreme Court and performed research in the areas of patent and trademark law for Professor Mark Janis. Prior to law school, Alex earned her degree in chemical engineering with a focus on biochemical engineering. As an undergraduate, she conducted research in the area of nanotechnology, with a focus on photopolymerization kinetics.
University of Iowa College of Law, JD, with highest distinction
Order of the Coif
Articles Editor, Journal of Corporation Law
University of Iowa College of Engineering, BS, Chemical Engineering, with honors, with highest distinction
Minnesota Supreme Court
US District Court for the District of Minnesota
US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
United States Supreme Court
US Patent and Trademark Office
Alex is also active in the legal community and is a member of the Minnesota Federal Bar Association and Minnesota Women Lawyers. She has also provided pro bono representation through the Volunteer Lawyers Network and the Pro Se Project, a collaboration between the Minnesota District Court and the Minnesota Chapter of the Federal Bar Association.
Alex currently serves on the Carlson Caspers law-school–outreach team to educate and recruit college students who are interested in legal careers and are pursuing engineering and technical degrees required for most patent attorneys. She is a member of the firm’s diversity committee and regularly participates in meetings and events for several minority bar associations.
Carlson Caspers represents Alembic in a case concerning Alembic’s efforts to market a generic version of UCB’s Vimpat® (lacosamide) product by challenging infringement and validity of the asserted patent. The case is currently pending.
Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al.(bortezomib)
Carlson Caspers represents Teva in this Hatch-Waxman patent litigation in support of its efforts to make a generic version of bortezomib (Vercade®) for the treatment of patients with multiple myeloma. The case is currently...
Rotary Systems v. TomoTherapy Inc.
Carlson Caspers represented TomoTherapy, now owned by Accuray, Inc., a leading maker of radiation therapy systems used to treat cancer, in a trade secret action in Minnesota state court. The case settled favorably for...
After winning a series of key pre-trial motions, Carlson Caspers secured a client-favorable settlement on behalf of POET, the world leader in ethanol production, in this trade secret action involving the processing of ethanol...
Pozen v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (sumatriptan and naproxen sodium)
Carlson Caspers represented Teva Pharmaceuticals in its effort to seek FDA permission to market a generic version of Treximet® (sumatriptan and naproxen sodium) before expiration of Pozen’s patents. Our client settled its case,...
SEC v. Jason Bo-Alan Beckman Et al.
Carlson Caspers is lead counsel for the Receiver in this $190 million Ponzi scheme. The firm was appointed by Chief Judge Davis of the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota...
Carlson Caspers Partner Tara Norgard served as lead counsel for the Receiver, working with a team of Carlson Caspers attorneys, to repatriate assets in the $190 million Trevor Cook Ponzi scheme, the second-largest...
We represented Watson in this Hatch-Waxman patent litigation involving Watson’s ANDA for a generic version of Takeda’s Colcrys® colchicine tablets. Takeda asserted 17 patents covering several uses of colchicine. The case is currently...
Hoffmann-La Roche v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. (Capecitabine)
Carlson Caspers represents Teva in this Paragraph IV Hatch-Waxman case concerning Teva’s ANDA for capecitabine (Xeloda®), which challenged the infringement and validity of the listed Orange Book patents. This case settled on favorable...
Purdue v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, INC. (Oxycodone)
Carlson Caspers won a series of significant victories for Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., involving patents related to Purdue’s multi-billion dollar OxyContin® pain medication. First, Carlson Caspers secured favorable judgments on each of the asserted...
Polymer Group, Inc. v. Magla Products LLC
Carlson Caspers represented Polymer Group in a trademark infringement action relating to the sale of non-woven wipes by Magla and its customer, The Kroger Company. Carlson Caspers obtained a favorable settlement for its...
Listed in Best Lawyers®, 2025, Litigation – Intellectual Property
Minnesota Lawyer Diversity & Inclusion Honoree (2022)
Alex was listed in Patexia’s ANDA Litigation Intelligence Report, 2022 Edition, recognizing Carlson Caspers as among the Top 10 ANDA Best Performing Firms and the Top 25 Most Active Firms for Hatch-Waxman Litigation.
Minnesota Lawyer named Alex as a 2018 Up & Coming Attorney.
Minnesota Super Lawyers has recognized Alex as a “Rising Star” since 2015.
Alex was featured in the Attorney at Law Magazine “2018 Women in Law” Minnesota Edition, which celebrates women attorneys who exemplify excellence in the Minnesota legal profession.
