Alex Kardon is a Supreme Court & Appellate associate in Mayer Brown's New York office. Prior to joining Mayer Brown in 2014, Alex served as special counsel on the investigations team of the New York State Commission to Investigate Public Corruption. He previously served as a law clerk to Judge Jay S. Bybee of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He also spent time as a corporate associate at another prominent international law firm. Alex received his JD from Yale Law School, where he was editor-in-chief of the Yale Journal on Regulation and a book reviews & features editor on the Yale Law Journal. He received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University.