Alex Cruz Rodriguez

Student Honors Program Extern

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Enforcement Division

Judicial Internships

U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York

U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts

Law Clerk

Aterian, Inc. (formerly Mohawk Group Holdings, Inc.)

• Drafted and negotiated clinical study-related agreements for a venture-backed biotechnology company focused on kinase-inhibiting drugs for the treatment of cancers and immunological diseases, in support of a Phase III global study involving approximately 120 subjects across 35 sites worldwide, including the U.S., Germany, Greece, Italy, France, Spain, Poland, and the Netherlands
• Drafted, negotiated, and coordinated clinical trial and related agreements for a publicly-traded, clinical-stage biologics biopharmaceutical company in connection with its Phase II global clinical trials targeting autoimmune diseases, including lupus and multiple-sclerosis, and involving 190+ subjects across 90+ sites worldwide, including Belgium, Canada, Finland, and Romania
• Drafted, negotiated, and coordinated clinical trial-related agreements for venture-backed biotechnology company for its early-phase clinical trial involving the company’s sonodynamic drug-device combination product in large U.S. research institutions
• Drafted and negotiated agreements with service providers for clinical and preclinical studies of therapeutic and medical device products, including master services agreements valued at over $10 million with large, multinational contract research organizations

Alex is a member of OUTbio of Greater New York. Alex’s community involvement spans contributions in family law and immigration with Catholic Charities and public assistance work at the African Services Committee. Previously, Alex volunteered at Asian Americans Advancing Justice and the Latin American Association in Atlanta in citizenship workshops and benefit-related matters. During law school, Alex served as Vice President of Professional Development of Boston University’s Asian Pacific American Law Student Association. He was member of the Latin American Law Student Association, the Black Law Student Association, and OutLaw.