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Alexandra C. McCormack

Associate

Alexandra C. McCormack is an associate at Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., and a member of the firm’s Corporate & Securities Department, as well as its Cannabis Law and Veterinary Law Practice Groups.

Alexandra’s practice focuses on representing public and private companies in a wide range of corporate, securities, and real estate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, fund formation, joint ventures, corporate governance, commercial contracts, and SEC filings. Alexandra has extensive experience in reviewing, drafting and negotiating complex licensing, operating, employment, management services, and other commercial agreements.

With specialized regulatory knowledge in the education, cannabis, healthcare, and veterinary industries, Alexandra combines deep regulatory insight with a strong transactional background to provide practical, strategic counsel. She advises businesses at every stage of growth on matters ranging from entity formation and contract negotiation to mergers and acquisitions, compliance, and risk management.

Alexandra delivers ongoing corporate advisory support to operating companies and family enterprises, guiding governance, strategic decision-making, and day-to-day operational execution.

Key Transactions:

  • Representation of a long-established B2B chemical company with significant Long Island operations in its sale to a private equity, including negotiation of key transaction documents, environmental matters and coordination through closing.
  • Representation of a seller in the then largest apartment building sale in Long Island history, involving complex real estate, financing, and closing logistics, including reinvestment and a 1031 exchange component.
  • Representation of a strategic commodities buyer in the acquisition of a Canadian competitor for market consolidation purposes, including cross-border due diligence and transaction and tax structuring.
  • Ongoing representation of a family office and its affiliated charitable entities, advising on governance matters, and a range of private wealth and philanthropic initiatives.

Alexandra serves as co-chair of the firm’s Recruitment and Traditions Committee and is deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of legal professionals. She regularly gives back through speaking engagements, mentorship opportunities, and other programs at her alma mater, Hofstra University, as well as through initiatives with the Nassau County Court System.

Alexandra prides herself on being an involved member of her local community and has proudly served as a longtime volunteer at Oak Neck Athletic Council, a non-profit that provides athletic opportunities to children in the community. Through her philanthropic efforts, Alexandra has also sat on committees and actively participated in raising hundreds of thousands of dollars for various charities including the Marty Lyons Foundation’s Young Professionals Committee, an arm of the Marty Lyons Foundation, Sunrise Association, Beacon House, the Nassau County Women’s Bar Foundation, Friends of Bailey Arboretum, Girl Scouts of Suffolk County and the Nassau County Bar Association WeCare Fund.

Alexandra received her Juris Doctor from the Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. Alexandra served as a Staff Member on Volume 48 of the Hofstra Law Review and as the Senior Notes Editor on Volume 49 of the Hofstra Law Review. Her Note, Cadavers in Commerce: Regulating Under a Federal Body of Laws (2020), was published in Volume 48.4. Prior to joining Ruskin Moscou Faltischek, P.C., Alexandra served as a Judicial Intern for the Honorable Arthur M. Diamond in the Nassau County Supreme Court.

Alexandra was named a New York Metropolitan Area Super Lawyers Rising Star in 2024, 2025 and 2026. Alexandra is also included in the 2026 edition of Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch™ in America for her work in Corporate Law.

Presentations

  • Panelist – RMF Legal Risk Bootcamp What Could Go Wrong Managing Legal Risk in Contracts – Part 1 of 5 – April, 2026
  • Speaker – Hofstra University – Strategic Leadership – February, 2026
  • Panelist – Suffolk County Bar Association – Legal Strategies for Your Business from Start to Sale – July, 2025
  • Panelist – MacArthur Business Alliance – Balancing Act – Women Thriving in Business & Beyond – March 2025
  • Panelist – Corporate Transparency Act – What Financial Professionals Need to Know About Beneficial Ownership Reporting – March, 2024
  • Speaker – Federal Corporate Transparency Act – March, 2024
  • Speaker – Listen and Learn: Reporting Requirements of the Corporate Transparency Act – January, 2024
  • Panelist – RMF’s First Annual 420 State of NY Cannabis Update – April, 2022

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Education

  • Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University (J.D., cum laude, 2021)
  • Hofstra University (B.B.A., cum laude, 2014)