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Alexander Benjamin Spiro, born December 12, 1982, is a high-profile celebrity lawyer and partner in the New York office of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, where he co-chairs the Investigations, Government Enforcement & White Collar Defense Practice. His expertise lies in trial work, white collar crime, and criminal litigation, representing high-profile clients including Elon Musk, Jay-Z, MrBeast, New York City Mayor Eric Adams, rapper Bobby Shmurda, and actor Alec Baldwin. Spiro graduated from Wellesley High School in Massachusetts in 2001 and maintains deep ties to New England. He earned a degree in biopsychology summa cum laude from Tufts University, where he worked on an adolescent psychiatry unit at McLean Hospital while considering a career in psychiatry. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2008 and began his legal career as an Assistant District Attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, gaining experience in prosecution before transitioning to private practice.