Alexandra M. Romero
Alexandra focuses her practice on representing employers in all aspects of the Occupational Safety and Health Act and state and federal employment laws.

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Alexandra has represented clients in numerous industries during agency proceedings, proposed rulemakings, mediations, arbitrations, and all phases of state and federal court litigation. This representation includes counseling clients regarding compliance with OSHA standards and regulations, investigating workplace incidents, contesting OSHA citations, defending employers in OSHA enforcement actions, and engaging in regulatory advocacy. Alexandra also has substantial experience conducting internal investigations regarding allegations of discrimination, sexual harassment, and whistleblower retaliation.
In addition, Alexandra is well-versed in the areas of Title VII, ADA/FMLA compliance and medical leave issues, enforcement of non-competes and other restrictive covenants, federal and state wage and hour laws, WARN Act compliance, ADEA/OWBPA compliance, state and federal public accommodations laws, and traditional labor matters.
Her experience includes civil trials, arguing dispositive motions, defending depositions and agency witness interviews, drafting public comments in response to agency rulemakings, drafting dispositive motions and other key pleadings, negotiating settlements, and conducting regular and expedited discovery.
Client Work
Recent examples of Alexandra’s work include:
- Defended employers in numerous federal OSHA and state plan inspections and agency proceedings contesting citations alleging violations of the general duty clause and OSHA standards, particularly including process safety management (PSM), lock-out/tag-out (LOTO), hazard communication (HazCom), emergency response, personal protective equipment, recordkeeping, blood-borne pathogens, combustible dust, industrial hygiene, and machine guarding.
- Represented petitioner in appeal pending before Second Circuit regarding scope of OSHA’s blood-borne pathogen standard and level of intent necessary to show willful violations of OSH Act.
- Represented petitioner in appeal pending before Fifth Circuit regarding a number of PSM issues of first impression, including whether the statute of limitations bars OSHA from enforcing alleged PSM violations for PHA and audit findings against a current employer where its predecessor conducted the PHAs and audits years prior to its ownership; and the definition and scope of a “process change” and “process equipment for the purpose of the PSM Standard.” Accordion Toggle
Previous Work
Prior to joining ArentFox Schiff, Alexandra worked for a top employment law firm in Washington, DC.
Publications, Presentations & Recognitions
Presentations
- Speaker, “Mandating COVID-19 Vaccination for Workers: What Employers Should Consider,” The District of Columbia Bar; March 24, 2021.
Recognitions
- The Best Lawyers in America, Labor and Employment Law - Employee, 2021-2024
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Industries
- International
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Education
University of Virginia School of Law, JD, 2012Middlebury College, BA, 2007