Alexandra Stephens

Alexandra Stephens is an experienced attorney specializing in housing justice, currently serving as a Housing Justice Staff Attorney at Legal Services of Northern Virginia since September 2022. Previously, Alexandra held positions as an Assistant Public Defender at the Virginia Indigent Defense Commission from September 2017 to April 2022 and as a Gideon's Promise Legal Fellow. Additional roles include serving as a Student Attorney at Law Students in Court - Criminal Division and as a Gideon's Promise Summer Law Clerk at the Jefferson County Office of the Public Defender. Alexandra also gained valuable experience as a Legal Intern in the Appellate Unit at the Federal Public Defender for the District of Maryland and as a Law Clerk for the American Bar Association's Death Penalty Due Process Review Project. Alexandra started the legal career with an internship at the Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project. Alexandra holds a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from The George Washington University Law School and a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley.