Summary
Alex Hoover is a Lead UX Designer with 11 years of experience building AI-driven products and legal technology for large enterprises and federal agencies. Currently designing AI products for Thomson Reuters, he blends deep domain knowledge of legal workflows with hands-on product design to make complex systems like contract analytics and asylum digitization approachable. His background includes leading high-impact public projects at the U.S. Digital Service (covidtests.gov, vaccines.gov) and shipping user-centered features for legal research platforms with tens of thousands of monthly users. Comfortable bridging design, ML, and stakeholder strategy, he has acted as sole designer, product lead, and client-facing technical translator across startups and government. Based in Washington, D.C., he pairs a JD and international affairs training with practical UX craft, an uncommon mix that helps him anticipate legal constraints while delivering clear, usable AI experiences.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
JD Law, JD Law at American University, Washington College of Law
BA International Affairs and Philosophy, BA International Affairs and Philosophy at The George Washington University