Miles Alexander

Recognized as a sort of an elder statesman in the legal community, Miles Alexander has consistently been ranked as one of the world’s leading trademark lawyers. Protecting famous brands while opposing abuse of intellectual property rights, he has served a myriad of Fortune 500 companies, as well as clients as wide-ranging as the Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association, the estate of Martin Luther King Jr., and the musical groups the Monkees and R.E.M.. Alexander takes particular pride in his pro bono representation, including serving as adviser to Congressman Elliott Levitas and Mayor Maynard Jackson throughout their public service, counseling Hands On Atlanta, challenging bigotry, obtaining justice for torture victims, and serving for many years as chair of the Atlanta Ethics and License Review Boards. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and ODK, Alexander was a campus leader at Emory in a variety of organizations, and as a freshman he and Levitas advocated for the integration of Emory’s graduate schools. An honors graduate from Harvard Law School, Alexander subsequently served as a judge advocate in the US Air Force. After a year of teaching at Harvard, he rejoined the law firm, now Kilpatrick Townsend and Stockton, where he first began his career in 1954. A Renaissance lawyer in an age of specialization, Alexander is consistently recognized among the nation’s top lawyers; listed in Best Lawyers of America in the areas of IP, corporate, antitrust, and alternative dispute resolution; and rated by Atlanta Magazine as one of the top ten lawyers in Georgia. He was honored with an Emory Medal in 2012 and has received numerous other awards from international, national, state, and Atlanta bar groups, and from civil rights organizations such as the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League. He continues to be a dynamic force in the legal, Jewish, and Emory communities. “Anybody that’s involved in community activities, whether it be the ACLU, tutoring students at a school that needs outside assisting, or representing people that need representation and can’t afford it, you get so much more out of it than you put into it,” Alexander said in a video interview. “It’s the same with a university. The more you put into it, the more you take from it, and the rewards far exceed what you’re able to do as an individual.” Alexander and his wife, Elaine, an outstanding community leader whom he first met at the Emory train station in 1949, have four children and eleven grandchildren, including a granddaughter in the Class of 2016.