Alexandra Tracy-Ramirez

Partner

Practice Areas:

Alternative Dispute Resolution, Education and Employment-Based Disciplinary Investigations, Non-Profit Governance

Alexandra Tracy-Ramirez is both a litigator and a mediator who looks for practical, efficient, and sometimes creative solutions to her clients’ legal problems and conflicts. She has litigated cases in state and federal courts all across Arizona and Colorado if it was in her clients’ best interests to do so. She has also advised non-profit organizations, small business, school districts, and colleges and universities in their efforts to prevent and address conflicts before they lead to lawsuits.

Originally from Boston, Alexandra graduated from the University of Massachusetts and began a career in facilities management. It was her experiences as a maintenance worker and dispatcher that led her to develop an interest in employment law and ultimately to pursue a legal career.

When not in the office, Alexandra can often be spotted at outdoor patios in Tucson in the company of her rescue dog, a border collie named Elvis.

Bar Admissions:

Arizona
Colorado

Education

University of Massachusetts Amherst B.A. 2002
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law J.D. 2010
University of Arizona M.A. 2010

Court Admissions

Supreme Court of Arizona
Supreme Court of Colorado
U.S. Districts Courts for Arizona and Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit

Other Experience:

Professional Memberships and Affiliations:

State Bar of Arizona
State Bar of Colorado
National LBGTQ+ Bar Association
Arizona Women Lawyers Association
American Bar Association
Arizona State Bar’s Fee Arbitration Program—Volunteer Arbitrator

Media Interviews, Articles, and Other Publications:

Angelina Chapin, Johnny Depp’s Playbook Won’t Work for Most Men, The Cut, Jun. 10, 2022, https://www.thecut.com/2022/06/johnny-depps-legal-playbookwont-work-for-most-men.html.
Jocelyn Kaiser, More than 70 lab heads removed from NIH grants after harassment findings, Science Magazine, Jun. 11, 2021.
Jack Long and Kaylee Harter, Ohio State Responds to Complaint of Male Discrimination, The Lantern, Feb. 26, 2020.
Madison Pauly, She Said, He Sued: How libel law is being turned against MeToo accusers, Mother Jones, March/April 2020.
Alexandra Tracy-Ramirez, New Directions for Research on Identity-Based Harassment, Webinar for the ADVANCE Resource Coordination Network through the Association for Women in Science, Washington, D.C. (February 2020).
Caitlin Schmidt, UA’s self-reported statistics paint incomplete, complicated picture of sexual misconduct. Arizona Daily Star, Nov. 10, 2018.
Meredith Wadman, Report gives details of sexual harassment allegations that felled a famed geneticist. Science Magazine, Jul. 20, 2018.
Caitlin Schmidt, Lawsuit: UA failed to protect woman assaulted by former running back Orlando Bradford. Arizona Daily Star, Oct. 14, 2017.
Meredith Wadman, A cold case. Science Magazine, Oct. 13, 2017.
Katherine Mangan, Will Fury Over Harvey Weinstein Allegations Change Academe’s Handling of Harassment? Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 13, 2017.
Alexandra Tracy-Ramirez, Kathleen Salvaty, Joan Schmelz, and Sarah Brown, Curbing Faculty Harassment in the Hiring Process and Academic Environment. Panel presentation at the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources annual conference, San Diego, CA (Sept. 2017).
Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay, Loaded Questions. ASBMB Today., Aug. 1, 2016.
Alexandra Tracy-Ramirez, Boundaries and Expectations: What Title IX Is, Isn’t, and Could Be. Webinar for the Association for Women in Science, Washington, D.C. (June 2016), https://vimeo.com/171030666.
Sarah Brown, A Sex-Assault Case at Brigham Young Puts Honor Codes in the Spotlight. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Apr. 18, 2016.
Ethan Barton, Sexual Misconduct Not An Obstacle for US-Funded Researchers. The Daily Caller News Foundation, Feb. 11, 2016.
Sarah Brown, When a Faculty Candidate Has Been Investigated for Harassment, What’s a Hiring Committee to Do? The Chronicle of Higher Education, Feb. 4, 2016.
Sarah Brown, Why Colleges Have a Hard Time Handling Professors Who Harass. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Oct. 22, 2015.

Public Service and Community Involvement:

Tucson Public Voices (Op-Ed Project) Fellow 2017
Volunteer Advisor/Pro Bono Attorney for Students
Women in Engineering ProActive Network (WEPAN)—Board Member

Education

University of Massachusetts Amherst B.A. 2002
University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law J.D. 2010
University of Arizona M.A. 2010

Bar Admissions

Arizona
Colorado

Court Admissions

Supreme Court of Arizona
Supreme Court of Colorado
U.S. Districts Courts for Arizona and Colorado
U.S. Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit