Alison Coutifaris.

Alison Coutifaris is an Associate Legal Director with Innovation Law Lab. Prior to joining, Alison taught and supervised law students representing asylum seekers as a Clinical Teaching Fellow at Georgetown University Law Center, where she received her LLM in Advocacy. Previously, Alison provided direct legal services at both HIAS PA and Sanctuary for Families, representing asylum seekers and survivors of gender-based violence.

Alison served as a law clerk for the Hon. Denny Chin on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Immediately after law school, she practiced federal income tax law as an associate at Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton. Alison received her J.D., magna cum laude, from University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School. She received her B.A. in Anthropology and Spanish Literature from Haverford College. Alison is licensed to practice law in New York.