Attorneys:

Aaron Messing
Founding Shareholder

Alessandra Carcaterra Messing
Managing Shareholder

David Zontak
Law Clerk (pending admission)

Arlana Marie Lacerra
Director of Operations

 

AARON I. MESSING, ESQ., CIPP
Founding Shareholder

Pronouns: he/him/his

Education

  • Fordham University School of Law (JD, cum laude)

  • The Graduate School at Binghamton University (MA, magna cum laude)

  • Binghamton University (BA, cum laude)

Bar Admissions

  • New York

  • New Jersey

Aaron I. Messing represents businesses in a wide variety of industries, ranging in size from startups and emerging growth companies to well-established companies with national and international operations. He has extensive experience providing general counsel services for companies from formation through exit, advising clients regarding sophisticated commercial transactions, as well as providing guidance in connection with privacy and data security compliance.

Aaron frequently advises clients regarding legal, business, and strategic decisions throughout their business life cycle, including corporate, business, and technology transactions, angel and venture financings, mergers and acquisitions, and protection of intellectual property. In addition to his corporate practice, Aaron advises ecommerce, technology, data analytics, advertising, FinTech and other companies on a wide range of U.S. and international privacy and data protection laws.

Prior to founding Messing, P.C., Aaron was a partner at a boutique full-service law firm that serviced clients ranging from startups to Fortune 50 companies. He also gained valuable experience and served as Chief Privacy Officer for Advanced Health Media, LLC, a multinational technology and service provider, and as Chief Privacy and Security Officer for Avatar Solutions LLC (acquired by Press Gainey), a leading enterprise health care consulting firm.

Aaron is a graduate of Binghamton University (BA cum laude, MA magna cum laude) and graduated cum laude from Fordham University School of Law.

Aaron has been recognized as a New York Metro “Rising Star” by Super Lawyers from 2016-2022, and a New Jersey “Rising Star” from 2017-2021. He is also a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals (Certified Information Privacy Professional/US).

 
 

 
 

 

Alessandra Carcaterra Messing, ESQ.
MANAGING SHAREHOLDER

 

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Education

  • Fordham University School of Law

  • Northeastern University, BS, Biochemistry, magna cum laude

Bar Admissions

  • New York

  • US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

  • US District Court for the Western District of Texas

  • US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

  • US District Court for the Southern District of New York

 

Alessandra focuses her practice in the areas of dispute resolution, complex commercial and intellectual property litigation, and counseling businesses focused on technology and innovation. Her experience with high-tech disputes as a patent litigator helps clients achieve their business and strategic goals in an effective, efficient, and practical manner.


Alessandra has represented a diverse base of clients in federal courts throughout the country, as well as the International Trade Commission. Over the course of her career, Alessandra has handled all aspects of alternative dispute resolution and litigation from initial counseling and pre-suit investigations to post-trial proceedings, appeals, and settlement. Alessandra has taken part in the successful resolution of claims worth tens of millions of dollars on behalf of her clients against the biggest tech companies represented by the biggest firms in the U.S. Alessandra leverages her experience with complex technologies and economic analyses to provide her clients with creative solutions in ground-breaking industries such as cannabis, e-commerce, diversity & inclusion, and digital assets.

Prior to joining Messing Law, Alessandra focused on intellectual property litigation at Am Law 200 firms that represent clients around the globe in complex business transactions and high-stakes litigation. She has been recognized as a Super Lawyers “Rising Star” in Intellectual Property Litigation each year since 2017.

Alessandra holds a B.S. in Biochemistry, magna cum laude, from Northeastern University and has experience representing clients in a wide range of industries and technologies, including AI, mechanical and consumer products, smartphone hardware and software, power tools, manufacturing, optics, automotive parts and systems, apparel and footwear, wireless communications, smart speakers, IoT, LED displays, digital signal processing, networking, semiconductors, personal care, and pharmaceuticals.

Alessandra is devoted to pro bono work and has provided legal services to the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, KIND (Kids in Need of Defense), Lawyers for Good Government, and We The Action. Alessandra has been deeply committed to improving diversity and inclusivity in her academic and professional institutions for over 15 years. Parenthood has deepened her commitment to social justice and to utilizing her position of privilege to address systemic inequities within the legal profession and society at large. In furtherance of this mission, the firm offers special fee arrangements to BIPOC, TGNCI, & LGBTQIA2S+ led and focused organizations.