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Alexander Calfo has repeatedly won the most difficult and challenging trials involving medical devices and pharmaceuticals, airplane crashes, automotive products liability, class actions, toxic tort, insurance coverage, and commercial business disputes. He has been awarded five of the Top 10 winning first-chair trial verdicts in California by The Daily Journal. His verdicts have also been selected Top 5 nationally by LexisNexis, and Courtroom View Network recently named another high-profile national verdict as the “Number One Impressive Defense Victory in the United States.” The Los Angeles Business Journal chose Alex as a 2022 Top 100 Lawyer for his legal skill, achievements, and exemplary leadership. The award also recognized him as one of the first partners to join King & Spalding’s Los Angeles office and “has been instrumental in building the firm’s reputation as a west coast trial powerhouse.”
Alex is inducted in the prestigious American College of Trial Lawyers, the premier trial association in North America whose members are elected to the College for demonstrating the highest standards of trial advocacy, ethical conduct, professionalism, and collegiality. He is also a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), an invitation-only group of attorneys who have the required combination of skills, integrity, and trial experience.
Courtroom View Network has awarded Alex its Number One all-time “must watch” defense verdict for the entire state of California. Alex was also named “Lawyer of the Year” in the Los Angeles Business Journal for exceptional legal skill and achievement. Benchmark Litigation recognizes him as a California Litigation Star and a Tier One National Product Liability Star. Legal 500 U.S. ranks Alex “Among the Best in Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Actions in Pharmaceutical and Medical Device Litigation.”
He is a recipient of The Best Lawyers in America award and, in 2024, was selected by the National Trial Lawyers as a Top 100 Trial Lawyer. He was honored as a "Top 25 Mass Tort and Product Liability lawyer in the United States" by the National Trial Lawyers in 2026.
Alex is proudly named to the Board of Trustees of Creighton University - his Law School Alma Mater.
Alex serves as a frequent author, speaker and presenter on a variety of trial and litigation topics.
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