About Alexis
Alexis B. Levy, Esq., Attorney-at-Law
Alexis (they/them/their pronouns used throughout) is a Jewish, queer, non-binary, Bay Area native, who has made San Francisco’s Castro District their home since 2013. They live with their husband, Kevin Cureton, and legal assistant/dog, Pumpkin. Alexis is honored to serve on the San Francisco Board of Appeals, a commission that acts as the final level of administrative review to a large array of City permits and administrative decisions. Alexis is also proud to have served as President (2020-2023) of the Eureka Valley Neighborhood Association which is San Francisco’s oldest neighborhood-improvement nonprofit, founded in 1881.
Alexis also proudly identifies as on the Autism spectrum, as well as a person with C-PTSD. They are identifying as such publicly to help eliminate stigma against both of these conditions. This also means that Alexis has a better-than-normal understanding of mental health conditions and disabilities, and welcomes clients with complex needs, neurodivergence, and people who are often “othered.”
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EDUCATION
Alexis attended the University of California, Berkeley, and Golden Gate University School of Law, where they graduated as the top public-interest student in their class and served as Executive Comments and Outside Articles Editor for the Golden Gate University Law Review. Alexis served as an extern to U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler and the California Supreme Court.
Alexis is licensed to practice law in all California state courts, the U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (Bay Area, Monterey Bay, and north along the coast to the Oregon border), and the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California (Central and Sacramento Valleys, Sierra Nevada, from the Oregon border to Bakersfield).
EXPERIENCE
After law school, Alexis trained with legendary former San Francisco City Attorney Louise Renne as an associate at Renne Public Law Group, and then served as the Senior Housing Attorney with award-winning nonprofit Open Door Legal, which is the nation’s first organization dedicated to providing universal civil legal representation to low-income people. Alexis’s breadth and depth of legal experience is uncommon for an early-career attorney, having represented hundreds of people, families, nonprofits, governmental agencies, and small businesses in a wide variety of legal matters.
ETHOS
Alexis has seen first-hand how difficult and daunting accessing legal services can be; they want to eliminate those difficulties and make sure everyone can access an attorney when they need one at a price they can afford. Pricing is always negotiable based on need, and please do not hesitate to ask for a discount.
Alexis wants to ensure that Black, trans, queer, Latinx, Native American, low-income, AAPI, and disabled people have a professional they feel comfortable turning to in times of stress and need, like straight, wealthier white people have always had.
INTERESTS
Outside the law and community engagement, Alexis loves attending concerts, hiking the many beautiful trails of Northern California, supporting local theater and performing arts, learning about San Francisco and California history, playing Japanese visual novels, and exploring the art, architecture, food, culture, and public transportation of foreign cities. Outside of magnificent San Francisco, Alexis’s favorite places in the American West are Las Vegas, for the shopping, fun, and neon, and Mono County, California, for its outstanding natural beauty and the world’s best ghost town.
JEOPARDY!
Alexis had the opportunity to live one of their childhood dreams when they appeared on Jeopardy! on April 21, 2022. Although they lost to the all-time winningest Canadian Jeopardy! champion Mattea Roach, this experience was easily one of Alexis’s most exciting and most memorable.
