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Former AUSA Bram Alden Joins Hueston Hennigan

Hueston Hennigan LLP announces the addition of Bram Alden as counsel in its Los Angeles office.

Mr. Alden joins the firm from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, where he most recently served as chief of the Criminal Appeals section.

“We are thrilled to welcome Bram to the firm,” said Moez Kaba, managing partner of Hueston Hennigan. “He is an experienced, creative and well-rounded trial lawyer who will comfortably fit within our national trial practice. And, Bram’s extensive appellate experience makes him a tremendous asset to our clients on appeal.”

Mr. Alden spent the last eight and a half years as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In his most recent role as chief of Criminal Appeals, he handled and oversaw the most complex appeals, supervised nine other appellate prosecutors, advised hundreds of trial attorneys, and taught legal writing. During his tenure in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, he also tried five felony jury trials and one misdemeanor bench trial, never losing a single count, including for attempted murder, threats to kill major presidential candidates, bank robbery, false impersonation of a federal agent, conspiracy, and fraud. Mr. Alden also argued over 30 cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and drafted multiple successful en banc petitions. He received the Department of Justice Director’s Award for devising responses to novel legal issues arising from the pandemic and guiding federal prosecutors nationwide.

“I couldn’t be happier to join Hueston Hennigan, which has become the preeminent trial boutique in the country,” said Mr. Alden. “There isn’t a better platform out there, and I look forward to practicing alongside the firm’s incredibly talented lawyers.”

Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Mr. Alden was a litigation associate at Munger, Tolles & Olson, where his practice was focused on complex civil litigation. He served as a law clerk to Hon. John B. Owens of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Mr. Alden earned his J.D. from UCLA School of Law, where he was Order of the Coif and articles editor for the UCLA Law Review. He earned his B.A. from Columbia University and his M.S. from Pace University while teaching fifth grade as part of the Teach for America program in New York City.