Overview
Alycia is a partner in the Vorys Columbus office and a member of the firm’s litigation practice group. Alycia has provided strategic advice and counsel for more than two decades to commercial and retail clients across the country. She represents companies and individuals in a wide variety of complex litigation matters. She has extensive experience in antitrust, commercial, class action, insurance, securities and civil rights litigation. In addition, Alycia has extensive knowledge of retail payment strategies and has helped retailers navigate their payment relationships.
Career highlights include:
- Representing eighteen retailers in a lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York alleging violations of the U.S. antitrust laws by Visa and Mastercard
- Representing seven retailers in a lawsuit filed in the Northern District of Illinois alleging violations of the U.S. antitrust laws by Visa and Mastercard
- Defending a large retailer in an antitrust class action related to keyword bidding
- Securing a seven-figure jury verdict in a commercial dispute
- Multiple trials before the United States District Court for the Northern and Southern Districts of Ohio
- Multiple trials in state court
- Multiple oral arguments before the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Multiple oral arguments before state appellate courts
Alycia received her J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law and was a Note and Comment Editor for the Northwestern University Law Review. She received her B.S. magna cum laude from Marquette University.
Alycia was a clerk for The Honorable Algenon L. Marbley, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Honors & Recognitions
Northwestern Pritzker School of Law, Social Justice Impact Award, 2024
The King Arts Complex, Dream Award for Board Service, 2024
Ohio Super Lawyers, Business Litigation, 2023-2024
The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2021-2025; Litigation – Antitrust, 2023-2025; Litigation – Securities, 2020-2025
Columbus CEO, Best Lawyers, Litigation – Commercial, 2023-2024; Litigation – Antitrust, 2024
Deloitte, “Wise Woman,” 2019
Women WELDing the Way, Honoree, 2017
National Diversity Council, Glass Ceiling Award, 2011
The National LGBT Bar Association, Best LGBT Attorneys under the Age of 40, 2010
Columbus Business First Forty Under 40, May 2009
Marquette University, Outstanding Senior of the Year for the College of Business Administration, 1993
Professional & Community Activities
Marquette University Alumni Association National Board, 2021 to present
The King Arts Complex, Board of Trustees, 2018 to present; Chair, 2021 to present
Star House, Board of Trustees, 2019-2022; Chair, Governance Committee, 2020-2022; Secretary, 2021-2022
Big Brother Big Sisters of Central Ohio, Board of Directors, 2021 to present
Deloitte, Board-Ready Women, 2019
Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 2017 to present
YWCA Columbus, Board of Trustees, 2009-2018; Past-Chair, 2017-2018; Chair, 2015-2016; Chair-Elect, 2013-2014; Executive Committee, 2009-2018; Governance Committee Chair, 2012-2019; Strategic Planning Committee Chair, 2011-2014
Federal Bar Association, Columbus Chapter, 2012-2018; Immediate Past President, 2017-2018; President, 2016-2017; Vice President, 2015-2016; Treasurer, 2014-2015; Membership Chair, 2013
Local Rules Committee for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 2017 to present; Chair, 2020 to present
Committee on the Judiciary of the Columbus Bar Association, 2017 to present
United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio Settlement Week, Volunteer Mediator, 2015-2018
United Way of Central Ohio's Education Vision Council, 2003-2007
Kaleidoscope Youth Coalition, Chair and Board Member, 2002-2005
Leadership Columbus, Class of 2008
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Education
Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., 1998
Northwestern University Law Review, Note and Comment Editor, 1997-1998
Marquette University, B.S., magna cum laude, 1993
Bar & Court Admissions
- Ohio
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio
- U.S. Supreme Court
- Admitted to practice law only in the states listed above.
Judicial Clerkships
- The Honorable Algenon L. Marbley, United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, 1999-2001