Alexandra “Alex” Celio is an associate at the firm and a Lafayette native. She primarily focuses her practice on handling trucking and transportation matters and tort claims. Her experience encompasses taking depositions, drafting motion practice, and providing thorough client reports. She regularly participates in mediations and settlement negotiations and has obtained favorable results for clients.
In 2019, Alex received her Juris Doctor degree from Loyola University College of Law. Alex graduated cum laude and was admitted into the Order of Barristers. While at Loyola, she was a member of the Journal of Public Interest Law as well as an active member of Moot Court. She competed on the Constitutional Criminal Procedure Moot Court Team as an oralist and brief writer in 2017 and placed second in the national competition. During her final year in law school, she served as Moot Court Chair. Alex graduated from Louisiana State University in 2016 with a degree in journalism and international studies.
Bar Admissions
- Louisiana Supreme Court, 2019
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Education
- J.D., cum laude, Loyola University New Orleans College of Law, 2019
- B.A., Louisiana State University, 2016
Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Louisiana State Bar Association
- New Orleans Bar Association
- American Cancer Society’s Shuck Cancer Fundraiser – Junior Executive Board of Directors
- Association for Women Attorneys, New Orleans
- Transportation Lawyers Association
Publications
- “The Corporate Transparency Act,” Louisiana Bar Journal, June/July 2021, Volume 69, No. 1
- “Arm Your Client: Using Spoliation as a Sword in Litigation Defense,” For the Defense, February 2020