Alex Lange

Associate

Overview

Alex Lange focuses his practice on regulatory compliance and enforcement. He serves on the National Coordinating Counsel team for a Fortune 500 chemical company in connection with the company’s premises liability and product liability litigation. In this role, Alex assists in managing a nationwide docket by working with local counsel to develop defense themes, prepare expert witnesses for deposition and trial, and provide strategic advice on individual cases. He has deep experience with every stage of litigation, from pre-suit investigations, through discovery, to trial.

Alex counsels clients on product disputes, risk mitigation, and crisis management matters. He also advises clients on regulatory and enforcement issues before the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), including compliance with product safety regulations and standards, reporting obligations, product recalls, and CPSC investigations and penalties. In this arena, his clients include distributors, manufacturers, brick-and-mortar retailers, online retailers, and online marketplaces.

Prior to joining Crowell & Moring, Alex was a trial attorney at the United States Department of Justice, Consumer Protection Branch, where he primarily worked on the branch’s nationwide civil opioid litigation. Prior to that, he was an Assistant Corporation Counsel for the New York City Law Department, handling all aspects of pre-trial tort litigation.

Career & Education

    • United States Department of Justice
      Trial Attorney, Consumer Protection Branch 2024-2025
    • United States Department of Justice
      Trial Attorney, Consumer Protection Branch 2024-2025
    • College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D., 2018
    • Miami University of Ohio, B.A., 2015
    • College of William & Mary Marshall-Wythe School of Law, J.D., 2018
    • Miami University of Ohio, B.A., 2015
    • District of Columbia
    • District of Columbia

Alex's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 03.10.26

Maryland's AI Toy Safety Act: State-Level Regulation Fills the Federal Void on AI in Children's Products

On February 12, 2026, a bipartisan group of legislators in Maryland proposed the Maryland Artificial Intelligence Toy Safety Act. This proposed legislation would amend the Maryland Consumer Protection Act to establish a sweeping regulatory framework for AI-enabled toys sold in the state, covering any device that uses machine learning, conversational AI, behavioral modeling, or similar computational processes and is marketed to or primarily used by children. This proposed legislation adds to a growing trend of increasing efforts, at both the federal and state levels, to regulate the use of AI in products and services used by children.  ...

Alex's Insights

Client Alert | 3 min read | 03.10.26

Maryland's AI Toy Safety Act: State-Level Regulation Fills the Federal Void on AI in Children's Products

On February 12, 2026, a bipartisan group of legislators in Maryland proposed the Maryland Artificial Intelligence Toy Safety Act. This proposed legislation would amend the Maryland Consumer Protection Act to establish a sweeping regulatory framework for AI-enabled toys sold in the state, covering any device that uses machine learning, conversational AI, behavioral modeling, or similar computational processes and is marketed to or primarily used by children. This proposed legislation adds to a growing trend of increasing efforts, at both the federal and state levels, to regulate the use of AI in products and services used by children.  ...