Alexandra Saczawa, Legal Assistant

Alexandra Saczawa

Senior Legal Assistant

Alexandra Saczawa is a Senior Legal Assistant in the New York office of Sanford Heisler Sharp McKnight, a national law firm with offices in the District of Columbia, New York, California, Tennessee, and Maryland. Alex graduated from Yale University in 2022 with a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and a certificate in Energy Studies.

At Yale, Alex worked with Matriculate as an Advising Fellow to advise high school students on their college application process through long term remote mentorships. Matriculate’s mission is to bridge the educational access gap in the college admissions process by helping low-income high achieving students attend colleges that will best fit their needs. She conducted a variety of scientific and engineering research, including her senior capstone which sought to improve upon water purification techniques for boron removal and capture. Her senior year, she worked with Urban Resources Initiative, a non-profit partnered with the Yale School of the Environment that engages in community forestry activities in New Haven, CT.

Alex became passionate about political and social justice work throughout her time as an undergraduate. She interned for New York State Senator Todd Kaminsky the summer before her senior year, working closely with the chief of staff. The same summer, she interned for the Cameron Schrier Foundation, a private grantmaking foundation that provides grants for nonprofits focused on young leadership development, educational equity, and aiding communities in need. She has also interned for the district office of Congresswoman Rosa L. DeLauro.

Alex is considering attending law school in the future.

Education

  • B.S., Yale University

A Heartfelt Thank You

“I look back on the anniversary of one of the most significant moments in my life. The moment I realized that employees sometimes have no recourse. I found Jeremy Heisler and his team as a guiding light in navigating the intricacies of my case, understanding that there are legal protections and overall helping me to make sense of my new space in which I needed an advocate and legal team fully capable of logic, empathy and, above all, the best legal counsel. I felt safe and protected with the up-to-date case communication, as well as the prompt and positive support I received from the Sanford Heisler team. I would not hesitate to recommend Jeremy, Kate [MacMullin], Alex [Saczawa] and Animesh [Joshi]. This is an amazing team that is equipped with insight, legal knowledge and simply being good people. I am eternally grateful for the kindness and professionalism I experienced and wish anyone who finds themselves in my situation the same and positive case outcome. A heartful thank you.”
– Female Executive