Alina Habba
American attorney
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| 2025 | Currently serving as acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. |
| 2025 | Begins serving as acting U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey. |
| March 24 2025 | Donald Trump announced Alina Habba's appointment as interim U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, effective immediately, following his nomination of John Giordano as U.S. Ambassador to Namibia. |
| January 2025 | Habba faced criticism for appearing on a show and expressing support for Andrew Tate, who is facing serious criminal accusations. |
| 2024 | Habba spoke on the final night of the Republican National Convention, introducing Trump. |
| December 2024 | Named counselor to the president by Donald Trump. |
| December 2024 | Named as Counselor to the President by Donald Trump for his second administration. |
| December 2024 | Donald Trump appointed Alina Habba as his counselor to the president, marking a significant professional milestone in her political and legal career. |
| August 2024 | Settled a lawsuit filed by a Trump National Golf Club Bedminster employee regarding an alleged illegal non-disclosure agreement. |
| August 2024 | Habba publicly criticized Adam Kinzinger during the 2024 Democratic National Convention. |
| January 16 2024 | Habba served as lead attorney in the E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump trial, which concluded with a jury awarding Carroll $83.3 million in damages. |
| January 2023 | Judge Middlebrooks ordered Trump, Habba, and her firm to pay $938,000 in legal costs for the dismissed lawsuit against 31 defendants. |
| September 2022 | U.S. District Court Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks dismissed a lawsuit Habba filed on behalf of Trump against Hillary Clinton and others related to the 2016 presidential election. |
| August 10 2022 | Habba was present during Trump's deposition with New York Attorney General Letitia James, where Trump invoked the Fifth Amendment over 450 times. |
| July 19 2022 | Habba was sued by a former employee, Na'Syia Drayton, for alleged racist behavior in the workplace. The lawsuit was settled out of court in September 2022. |
| February 2022 | Habba unsuccessfully attempted to prevent Trump from being required to give a sworn statement in an investigation led by New York Attorney General Letitia James. |
| 2021 | Begins serving as a legal spokesperson for former U.S. president Donald Trump and becomes a senior advisor for MAGA, Inc., Trump's Super PAC. |
| October 2021 | Habba filed a countersuit on behalf of Trump against Summer Zervos in a defamation case. |
| September 2021 | Trump hired Habba as part of his legal team, replacing several long-standing lawyers. She quickly filed a $100 million lawsuit against The New York Times and Mary L. Trump, which was later dismissed by the judge. |
| July 2021 | Represented Siggy Flicker in a case against Facebook regarding a disabled account, writing a letter to the company about the issue. |
| July 2021 | Represented Caesar DePaço in a federal court lawsuit against Portuguese journalists concerning his connections to the Chega party in Portugal. |
| 2020 | Habba married Gregg Reuben, who is the CEO of Centerpark, a New York City-based parking management company. |
| March 2020 | Left Sandelands Eyet LLP to establish her own law firm, Habba, Madaio and Associates LLP in Bedminster, New Jersey. |
| 2019 | Habba joined the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey, where she first became acquainted with Donald Trump. |
| 2019 | Habba's first marriage to Matthew Eyet ended in divorce. |
| February 2013 | Became an equity partner and Managing Partner at Sandelands Eyet LLP, a seven-attorney firm formed by her then-husband. |
| 2011 | Alina Habba married Matthew Eyet in her first marriage. |
| September 2011 | Joined Tompkins, McGuire, Wachenfeld & Barry, LLP as an associate attorney. |
| 2010 | Began working as a law clerk to Eugene J. Codey Jr., Presiding Judge of the Civil Superior Court in Essex County, New Jersey. |
| 2010 | Obtained a Juris Doctor from the Widener University Commonwealth Law School. |
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