Since emigrating from Russia in 1989, Mr. Paykin has lived in multiple countries, owned multiple successful businesses in the financial and IT worlds, and now acts as Managing Director and sole owner of The Law Office of Alexander Paykin, P.C. (www.paykinlaw.net), a law firm that focuses on real estate, commercial and related matters, handling both litigation and complex transactions, while also operating a technology and finance consultancy catering to law firms and other professionals, a real estate brokerage and a real estate holding company. His diverse life experiences have helped him to understand different mentalities, cultures, and points of view, making him an effective advocate for many complex issues. Mr. Paykin’s firm is modeled as a high-tech client-centered law firm, focusing on delivering efficient services in litigation and complex transactions relating to business/commerce, finance, and real estate.

Mr. Paykin also strongly believes in vocational services to give back to his profession. On the national level, he serves on the ABA GPSolo Technology & Resource Center Committee, the ABA Law Practice Division Legal Technology Resource Center Board, and the ABA TechShow Board. He has previously served on the Productivity & Knowledge Strategy Committee, and Legal Project Management Committee, as well as the Pro Bono & Public Service Committee. On the state level, he also serves as Chair of the Committee on Technology and the Legal Profession with the New York State Bar Association (NYSBA), where he is also a member of the Committee on Law Practice and Court Rules, the Committee on Civil Practice Law and Rules (CPLR), the Law Practice Management Committee and the Committee on Law, Youth and Citizenship (where he is also on the High School Mock Trial Subcommittee) He is also presently serving on NYSBA President’s Civics Convocation Task Force.

Mr. Paykin regularly teaches continuing legal education (CLE) courses to fellow attorneys on behalf of the American Bar Association, the New York State Bar Association, Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Richmond County Bar Association, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and other attorney associations and groups. He has been repeatedly published in the New York State Bar Association Journal, the American Bar Association’s Law Technology Today and Law Practice Today, and NY Litigator, on topics ranging from mutual insurer demutualization and the definition of policyholder for demutualization payout purposes, the business judgment rule, law practice management, technology in the practice of law, to the use of artificial intelligence in the practice of modern law.

Mr. Paykin knows and understands the value of hard work and prioritizes giving back to his community whenever he can. He sits on three 501(c)(3) non-profit boards, including a veterans’ needs charity called General Needs, a domestic violence shelter network called Brighter Tomorrows where he serves as Secretary of the Board and a community improvement charity known as the Commack-Kings Park Charitable Fund where he previously served two terms as President of the Board and previously held the Secretary and Vice-President positions. Mr. Paykin is also a former president of his Rotary Club and is a Paul Harris Fellow, a Paul Harris Society Member and an active Major Donor to the Rotary Foundation.