Alyssa Howard Card

Associate

Office: Washington, DC

Tel.: +1 202.778.1874

Fax.: 202.822.8106

Others: Send an Email
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Alyssa Howard Card is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Zuckerman Spaeder, where she serves as co-chair of the Associates’ Committee. She represents clients in a wide range of matters, including plaintiff- and defense-side complex civil commercial disputes and government investigations. Alyssa also maintains an active pro bono practice.

Before joining the firm, she was a law clerk to Chief Judge James K. Bredar of the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. She previously worked at an international law firm in D.C.

Practice focus

Education

University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2019
Northwestern University, B.S.J., magna cum laude, 2014

Bar admissions

District of Columbia
Illinois (Inactive)

Court admissions

U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
U.S. District Court, District of Columbia
U.S. District Court, District of Maryland

Clerkships

Chief Judge James K. Bredar, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Professional leadership

Co-Chair, Zuckerman Spaeder Associates' Committee
Member, D.C. Bar Foundation's Young Lawyers Network Leadership Council

Representative matters

Represents patients and providers in putative class action cases against health insurance companies over reimbursement policies under ERISA.
Represents hospitals and trade associations in judicial challenges related to the 340B drug discount program.
Represents a French company and CEO in a civil dispute and parallel DOJ investigation involving alleged false representations in the context of the sale of a company and various government certifications.
Represented U.S. legal permanent resident from Jamaica pro bono in civil suit seeking damages and injunctive and declaratory relief against Florida county sheriff’s office that unlawfully detained him.

News

Recognitions

DC Courts, Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2022-2023*

Alyssa Howard Card

Associate

Office: Washington, DC

Tel.: +1 202.778.1874

Fax.: 202.822.8106

Others: Send an Email
vCard

Alyssa Howard Card

Practice focus

Education

Bar admissions

Court admissions

Clerkships

Professional leadership

Representative matters

News

Over Two Dozen Zuckerman Spaeder Attorneys Named to the 2023 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll

Courts Have “Uniformly Rejected” Arguments Made in Drug Price Negotiation Program Lawsuit, According to Experts

Issues High Court Is Weighing In Gov't Social Media Cases

Nationally Recognized Healthcare Experts Oppose AstraZeneca’s Drug Price Negotiation Program Lawsuit

Social Media and State Action: The Supreme Court Considers When Government Officials Block Commenters “Under Color of” State Law

Zuckerman Spaeder Associate Alyssa M. Howard Named to D.C. Bar Foundation’s Young Lawyers Network Leadership Council

Leading Healthcare Experts Oppose Lawsuit Challenging Medicare’s Drug Price Negotiation Program

Zuckerman Spaeder Attorneys Recognized on the DC Courts’ 2022 Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll

Sweeping Class Action Against Aetna, Optum Gets Certified

Former FDA Commissioners Call for Reversal of Mifepristone Decision, Warn of “Catastrophic” Consequences for Access to Medications

Florida Sheriff Settles Lawsuit for Unlawfully Profiling and Detaining Florida Resident Born Abroad

Jones v. Hendrix: An Attempt to Save 28 U.S.C. § 2255’s “Saving Clause”

Civil Rights Groups and Zuckerman Spaeder File Lawsuit on Behalf of Floridian Unlawfully Profiled and Detained for Being Born Abroad

Recognitions

DC Courts, Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll, 2022-2023*

Alyssa Howard Card