Gavin Alexander
(he/him)
Well-Being DirectorWell-Being Director, Jackson Lewis P.C.
Fellow, MA Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being
PIOW Board Member
Gavin Alexander is an experienced and passionate advocate and thought leader in the areas of mental health, well-being, and diversity, equity and inclusion in the legal profession and beyond. He is a licensed attorney and Certified Corporate Wellness Specialist, and he currently serves as the Wellness Director of Jackson Lewis P.C., a law firm with over 950 attorneys and 60 offices across the United States. Before joining the firm, Gavin served as the first-ever Fellow of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Standing Committee on Lawyer Well-Being. Gavin shared his own personal experiences with depression and near-suicide in Depression to Dedication: How Chief Justice Gants Saved My Life and Catalyzed Ongoing Advocacy for Mental Health in the Legal Profession, 62 B.C. L. Rev. 2759 (2021), and “Trailblazing Toward Better Mental Health & Well-Being in Law: Q&A with Gavin Alexander, Well-Being Advocate,” Thomson Reuters Practical Law (Apr. 26, 2022), and he regularly speaks at law firms, law schools, conferences, courts, bar associations, and other institutions.
Gavin previously served as a Co-Chair and board member of the Mass. LGBTQ Bar Association and as a board member of the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association. In May 2023, Gavin was appointed by Governor Maura Healey to serve on the Mass. Judicial Nominating Commission. He also presently serves as a board member of Lawyers Depression Project and Leadership Brainery, and as a member of numerous local and national committees dedicated to improving well-being and DEI in the legal profession. Gavin was named one of the Best LGBT Attorneys Under 40 by the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association in 2017, selected as one of Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly’s 25 “Up & Coming Lawyers” for 2019, featured on the Mass. Super Lawyers “Rising Stars” list for 2018-2020, and inducted as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation in 2020. In 2021, he received the Mass. Association of Hispanic Attorneys’ Leadership Award, and in 2022, he received the Kevin Larkin Memorial Award for Public Service from the Mass. LGBTQ Bar Association. Gavin studied Theater and Mathematics at Wesleyan University, and he graduated from Harvard Law School magna cum laude in 2012. After law school, Gavin clerked for Justice Ralph D. Gants at the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and from 2013-2020, Gavin practiced as an associate in the corporate department of a global law firm.