Alexandria M. Zeis

Alexandria Zeis is an associate attorney with Phillips Whisnant Gazin Gorczyca & Curtin. Mrs. Zeis is a member of the Family Law Section of the Orange County Bar and a member of the State Bar of California.

Mrs. Zeis was born and raised in San Diego, California. She attended the University of California Irvine where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Art History and a double minor in French and Anthropology. Prior to attending law school, Mrs. Zeis worked as an art gallery director in Laguna Beach, gaining invaluable business skills and negotiating experience.

Mrs. Zeis received her Juris Doctorate in 2014 from the University of San Diego, School of Law. During law school, Mrs. Zeis was an Articles Editor for the San Diego Journal of Climate and Energy Law’s Editorial Board, a member of the Appellate Moot Court Associate and Executive Boards and a Senior Member and Brief Writer for the International Commercial Arbitration Moot Team (“VICAM”). Mrs. Zeis competed in several national and international competitions during her second and third years at USD, receiving awards for both oral advocacy and brief writing. Most notably, Mrs. Zeis was selected back to back years to represent USD at the prestigious Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot Competition in Vienna where she and three fellow law students competed against over 1,000 competitors from approximately 300 universities around the world. In 2014, Mrs. Zeis tied for fourth place during the general rounds and was awarded an Honorable Mention for Best Individual Oralist. The USD team also secured an Honorable Mention award for Best Team Orals after Mrs. Zeis and partner defeated the London School of Economics to advance as one of the top 16 teaMrs.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Mrs. Zeis was a judicial extern for the Honorable Meredith A. Jury of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California and the Ninth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel. She has worked as law clerk and summer associate at PWGGC since 2013.