Alex Deardorff attended undergrad at Denison University where she played Varsity Lacrosse for 4 years and was captain her senior year.

After graduation, she attended the University of Cincinnati College of Law. While there, Alex was a fellow with The Ohio Innocence Project where she worked on investigating and filing appeals for the wrongfully convicted. During her third year at UC, Alex interned with the Hamilton County Public Defender’s Office utilizing her limited license to represent Hamilton County residents charged with misdemeanors. At graduation, Alex received the award for Outstanding Clinical Student for the Class of 2015.

In 2018, Alex attended The National Criminal Defense Lawyers College in Macon, Georgia, a two-week trial school taught by the best criminal defense lawyers in the country. Each participant had several real cases and litigated them in front of the faculty.

After law school, Alex worked as a Municipal Attorney at the Public Defender’s Office before moving to the Felony Division. She joined the Law Offices of Steven R. Adams in November of 2019. 

In February of 2021 Became Owner and Partner of The Law Offices of Steven R. Adams.