Alexia Chapman

Alexia "Lexi" Chapman

Associate She / Her / Hers
Denver

Lexi Chapman is a mid-level litigator in Ballard Spahr’s Privacy and Data Security Practice Group. Lexi specializes in privacy and data security class action defense, and she represents clients across a range of industries—including technology, health care, retail, and financial services—in high-stakes cases involving precedent-setting issues in privacy, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and consumer protection law.

Lexi defends class action and individual claims under statutes such as the federal Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act (WESCA), the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), other state and federal privacy frameworks, and various other tort and consumer protection theories often asserted in connection with claims related to digital advertising and website analytics cases. In addition to the numerous federal class actions she has defended, Lexi has first- and second- chaired dozens of arbitrations in this field, and she has secured numerous awards in her clients’ favor at summary judgment. Lexi has also prosecuted and defended claims involving data rights associated with artificial intelligence and machine learning systems. Her background and focused subject matter expertise give her a strategic edge in the evolving privacy and cybersecurity landscape affecting businesses of all sizes.

Representative Experience 

Representative Matters

  • Won motion to dismiss putative class action against a publicly traded media company alleging violations of the California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA), the California Computer Data Access and Fraud Act (CDAFA), invasion of privacy under the California Constitution, unjust enrichment, and California Unfair Competition Law
  • Secured early dismissal of putative class action asserting Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) claim against media client, after filing motion to dismiss complaint
  • Secured numerous summary judgment victories for Fintech and health care clients in arbitrations asserting common law privacy claims and claims under state wiretap laws for alleged use of website analytical tools

Professional Highlights

Judicial Externships

Hon. Allison H. Eid, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, 2018

Board Memberships & Community Service

ABA Consumer Litigation Committee, Data Security and Consumer Privacy Litigation Subcommittee co-chair

Colorado Hispanic Bar Association, Public Policy Committee co-chair

Legal Aid Foundation of Colorado, firm representative

Credentials 

Education

Pepperdine University School of Law (J.D. 2020)
Dean’s Scholar
Associate Editor, Pepperdine Law Review
Team Selection Chair, International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court
Secretary, National Latino/a Law Student Association

Colorado Mesa University (B.A., cum laude, 2017)
Psi Chi Honor Society
Distinguished Scholar

Languages

Spanish

Admissions

Colorado

U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado

U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit