Professional Biography
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Alexis E. Danneman Partner

  • Phoenix

    D +1.602.351.8201

    F +1.602.648.7000

    Phoenix

    2901 N. Central Avenue, Suite 2000

    Phoenix, AZ 85012-2788

    +1.602.351.8201

    ADanneman@perkinscoie.com

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Overview

Experience

Selected Appellate Experience

  • Won reversal from the Ninth Circuit of a criminal conviction as unconstitutional.
  • Won judgment in an original jurisdiction action at the Arizona Supreme Court in a constitutional challenge to a municipal client’s right to control its municipal-owned property.
  • Won judgment in an original jurisdiction action at the Arizona Supreme Court in a constitutional challenge to a charter city’s right to hold municipal elections free from interference by the state legislature.
  • Won judgment in the Arizona Supreme Court on a federal constitutional challenge to Arizona’s state constitutional restrictions on bail.  
  • Obtained reversal of criminal conviction in Arizona state court based on trial error.

Selected Complex Litigation Experience

  • Obtained trial verdict in U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona for a political party challenging the constitutionality of a state election law.
  • Successfully defended political parties in post-election challenges brought in trial and appellate courts following the 2020 election.
  • Obtained victory for commercial marijuana grower faced with constitutional and other legal challenges that threatened the existence of its business.
  • Obtained victory for individual clients in the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in challenge arguing Arizona’s ban on marriage for same-sex couples violated the Equal Protection Clause and the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
  • Successfully obtained partial summary judgment on behalf of a debtor in U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York in a multimillion-dollar insurance dispute.

Selected Internal Investigations

  • Conducted multiple internal investigations for a public resource extraction company into its compliance with environmental regulations.
  • Conducted internal investigations for a municipal client regarding compliance issues.
  • Conducted FCPA investigations on four continents for companies in a variety of industries, including the natural resources and food and beverage industries.
  • Conducted internal investigations for companies related to accounting and financial improprieties.

Selected Government Investigations and Defense Work

  • Obtained multiple deferred prosecution agreements for individual clients charged with financial crimes.
  • Obtained dismissal of an indictment in a multiyear prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice National Security Division involving the Classified Information Procedures Act and alleged violations of the Arms Export Control Act.
  • Participated in a multicontinent investigation for a communications company, which was disclosed to the U.S. Department of Justice and the UK Serious Fraud Office.
  • Represented a major technology company in a multiyear government investigation in Arizona.

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  • Arizona

Education

  • University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, J.D., summa cum laude, Order of the Coif, 2012, Editor-in-Chief, Arizona Law Review
  • Georgetown University, B.S., Foreign Service, cum laude, 2009