Alex Feerst

Bio

Alex Feerst is currently the Chief Legal Officer of Science Corporation. Alex was the General Counsel of Neuralink from 2019 to 2021. Alex was General Counsel and Head of Trust and Safety at Medium from 2015 to 2019. Alex Feerst’s legal clients include top tech startups in a range of sectors including artificial intelligence, robotics, neurotechnology, social media, hardware, and web3. Alex Feerst served as President of the San Francisco Intellectual Property Law Association from 2020 to 2021, and served on the board of that association from 2012 to 2022. Alex was an associate attorney at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe from 2011 to 2013. From 2013 to 2015, Alex was an associate attorney at intellectual property boutique law firm Durie Tangri LLP. In 2007, he worked for The Honorable Sonia Sotomayor at the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and The Honorable Barbara S. Jones at the US District Court for the Southern District of New York. He received a B.A. from Columbia University, a PhD from Duke University, and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.