Alexandra Rosu

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Alexandra Rosu

Alexandra is an associate in the Personal Injury Department. She attended the University of Western Ontario, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy, and graduated with distinction and on the Dean’s Honour List in 2004. Alexandra was a recipient of the University of Western Ontario In-Course Scholarship and the Louis Kwitko Scholarship in Philosophy awarded for the highest academic achievement.

Alexandra pursued an intensive business-focused joint Canadian and American law program at the University of Windsor and University of Detroit Mercy Law Schools. She obtained her Canadian Bachelor of Laws and U.S. Juris Doctor Degrees in 2007. She also received an award for her outstanding academic achievement in the law of NAFTA and a Certificate of Recognition for her performance in the Third National S.O. Law Moot Court Competition.

While attending law school, Alexandra volunteered as a Case Worker for the Community Legal Aid Clinic and was an upper year mentor to students in the joint program. Alexandra served on the Dean’s Tutorial Society as a Tutorial Assistant for the J.D./LL.B. legal writing and research course. She also assisted the Director of Academic Support in the co-ordination and administration of the Dean’s Tutorial Society. Alexandra was a Senior Editor and Selections Editor for the Windsor Review of Legal and Social Issues.

During the summer of 2006, Alexandra served as a judicial law clerk under the Honorable James M. Biernat in the Civil/Criminal Division of the Macomb County Circuit Court for The Sixteenth Judicial Circuit of Michigan. Alexandra distinguished herself in assisting the Honorable Judge Biernat in the drafting of judicial opinions, reviewing motions and conducting legal research.

Alexandra started at Cohen Highley as an articling student in 2007. During her articles, she was exposed to all of the firm’s areas of practice. Alexandra gained valuable experience in legal drafting and research and attended on matters before Ontario Courts and Administrative Boards and Tribunals.

Alexandra was called to the Ontario Bar in June 2008. She is a member of the Ontario Bar Association and Middlesex Law Association. Alexandra also speaks Romanian and conversational Italian.