Alejandra Salinas tries high stakes cases in courtrooms across the country.
Salinas has helped secure hundreds of millions of dollars for her clients. She litigates cases across a wide array of practice areas, including contract disputes, intellectual property disputes, antitrust claims, and many other complex commercial and financial matters.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2026 | Commercial Litigation |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2025 | Commercial Litigation |
| The 2024 Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2024 | Commercial Litigation |
| Lawdragon 500 X – The Next Generation | 2023 | Commercial Litigation |
Among other cases, Salinas represents Pulitzer-winning authors in a federal copyright infringement class action against OpenAI and Microsoft, related to the companies’ unlicensed use of the authors’ books for training its large language models such as ChatGPT.
Salinas also has significant pro bono experience, including successfully defending Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and other county officials in election contests, working with the ACLU to secure a settlement with Magnolia ISD to eliminate its discriminatory hair policy, co-drafting a Supreme Court amicus brief on political gerrymandering, and successfully arguing an immigration case before the 9th circuit whereby the client was able to remain in the county.
Before joining the firm, Salinas was a surrogate for President Barack Obama and the youngest member of the Democratic National Committee’s Executive Committee. She delivered a nationally televised speech on the final night of the 2012 Democratic National Convention, addressed embassies around the world, and was interviewed by CNN, Univision, Telemundo, NPR, PBS, and USA Today.