Alex J. Caruso

Alex Caruso is a real estate transactional attorney and a member of both the Firm’s Retail and Commercial Development Team and Environmental Team. He handles a wide variety of real estate transactions, including the purchase, disposition and financing of retail projects, hotels and undeveloped land, as well as retail and office leasing.

As a member of the Environmental Team, Alex also advises clients on a wide range of matters, including federal and state regulatory compliance, the development and implementation of environmental management systems, and dispute resolution.  He also counsels developers in obtaining incentives for building affordable housing as part of brownfields redevelopment.

Prior to joining Cox Castle, Alex served as a Law Clerk in the Neighborhood Prosecutor’s Office for the Los Angeles City Attorney and as a Legal Extern for the Honorable Andre Birotte Jr. in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Alex received his J.D. from Pepperdine University in May 2017. During law school, Alex served as President of the Student Bar Association. He was the recipient of the Pepperdine University School of Law Parris Award for Excellence in Leadership. As an alumnus of Pepperdine Law, he currently co-chairs the Dean’s Council to the Law School’s Board of Advisors. He received his B.S. in Public Policy and Management with an emphasis in Real Estate Development from USC’s Price School of Public Policy in May 2013.

Environmental

• Represents a Los Angeles based development company in the acquisition, soil and groundwater remediation, and brownfield redevelopment of a well-known former oil refinery site.
• Represents an affordable housing developer in its multifamily brownfield redevelopment projects across Northern California.
• Represents a Southern California developer in the acquisition, environmental due diligence and remediation strategy of an approximately 1,000-acre former manufacturing and military testing site.

Commercial Development and Leasing

Honors & Recognitions

Southern California Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2024

Connect CRE Next Generation Award Winner, 2024

Selected as an “Influencer in Retail” in Globe St. Real Estate Forum, May 2020, as a member of the Retail and Commercial Development Team, the only law firm included as one of 15 national recipients.

Pepperdine University School of Law Parris Award for Excellence in Leadership

Professional Affiliations

Co-chair, Pepperdine University School of Law Dean’s Council

International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC)

American Bar Association

Los Angeles County Bar Association – Real Property Law Section

United Friends of the Children – Next Generation Board Member