Helena Alvarez
Overview
Helena Alvarez helps clients meet their legal and business objectives by counseling them on Antitrust & Competition and Mass Tort, Product & Consumer Litigation matters.
Career & Education
- American University Washington College of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2023
- Georgetown University, B.S., Foreign Service, 2016
- District of Columbia
- Member, ABA Antitrust Law Section, 2024 – Present
- Member, ABA Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, 2024 – Present
- Member, ABA Young Lawyers Division, 2024 – Present
- Board Member and Fundraising Chair, Central American Resource Center (CARECEN), 2022 – Present
- English
- Spanish (native)
- French
Helena's Insights
Client Alert | 5 min read | 01.29.26
FAA Invites Fresh Input on Expansive Drone Rule
On January 28, 2026, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it would reopen the comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) titled “Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations” for fourteen days. This NPRM, jointly published with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on August 7, 2025, introduces performance-based regulations for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations and the third-party services that support them. Although the NPRM’s initial comment period closed on October 6, 2025, the FAA is now accepting additional feedback through February 11, 2026, with a particular focus on the proposed rule’s right-of-way and detect-and-avoid requirements. The FAA previously rejected formal requests to extend the initial comment period, citing the deadline imposed by Executive Order 14307.
Client Alert | 5 min read | 12.01.25
Client Alert | 6 min read | 09.02.25
Landmark Proposed Rule May Open American Skies to Expanded Commercial Drone Deployments
Insights
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09.08.25
Crowell & Moring’s Transportation Law: Moving Forward
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08.28.25
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
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06.20.25
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
CPSC Announces New Staff Appointments
|03.14.25
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
What’s In and What’s Out? Cosmetic Companies Face Ingredient Compliance Conundrum
|01.17.24
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
CPSC Publishes Report on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
|06.03.21
Crowell & Moring’s Retail & Consumer Products Law Observer
Helena's Insights
Client Alert | 5 min read | 01.29.26
FAA Invites Fresh Input on Expansive Drone Rule
On January 28, 2026, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it would reopen the comment period for the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) titled “Normalizing Unmanned Aircraft Systems Beyond Visual Line of Sight Operations” for fourteen days. This NPRM, jointly published with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) on August 7, 2025, introduces performance-based regulations for beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations and the third-party services that support them. Although the NPRM’s initial comment period closed on October 6, 2025, the FAA is now accepting additional feedback through February 11, 2026, with a particular focus on the proposed rule’s right-of-way and detect-and-avoid requirements. The FAA previously rejected formal requests to extend the initial comment period, citing the deadline imposed by Executive Order 14307.
Client Alert | 5 min read | 12.01.25
Client Alert | 6 min read | 09.02.25
Landmark Proposed Rule May Open American Skies to Expanded Commercial Drone Deployments
