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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