Alina Habba
Alina Habba is currently the Managing Partner of Habba Madaio & Associates LLP. Prior to founding the firm, she served as the Managing Partner of a mid-sized firm that serviced a Fortress subsidiary and, for seven years, successfully expanded its business throughout the entire Northeast region. Alina has experience in many areas of litigation including, but not limited to, corporate litigation and formation, commercial real estate (transactional and litigation), family law, the financial services industry, and construction-related matters. Alina is licensed to practice in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, the United States District Court for the Districts of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, and the Supreme Court of the United States.
Before entering private practice, Alina was a law clerk to the Honorable Eugene J. Codey, Jr., then Presiding Judge of the Civil Superior Court in Essex County, New Jersey.
Alina has served as lead counsel for numerous newsworthy cases, including a federal class action suit against a New Jersey nursing home accused of various negligent acts and consumer fraud violations, including storing 17 bodies in a storage room in the early stages of the COVID pandemic (Emerson, et al. vs. Andover Subacute Rehabilitation Center, USDNJ, civil action no. 2:20-cv-20066), a civil lawsuit against a municipality for permitting the systemic rape of numerous children perpetuated by a town employee over the course of several decades (John Doe vs. Salisbury, Connecticut Superior Court, LLI-CV20-6026001-S), and, most recently, Trump vs. Mary Trump, The New York Times Company, et al. filed in September 2021. She manages all firm business, human resources, and financial matters.
The mother-of-three joined President Trump's legal team in 2021 and will serve as his presidential counselor after he returns to the White House. She is also a senior adviser for MAGA Inc, a political action committee that supported Trump's re-election.
A New Jersey native, Ms. Habba is the daughter of two Chaldean Catholics who fled persecution in 1980s Iraq. In her spare time, Alina is involved in charitable organizations. She sits on the board of Birth Haven, an organization for homeless pregnant women, and was recently nominated as the recipient of the 2020 Women’s Achievement Award by Tri-County Scholarship Fund, which provides private schooling for children in desolate areas of New Jersey.