Marc Alessi

{{short description|American lawyer, entrepreneur, and politician}}

{{For|the businessman and comics publisher|Mark Alessi}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Marc S. Alessi

| image =

| caption =

| state_assembly = New York

| district = 1st

| term_start = September 2005

| term_end = December 2010

| predecessor = Patricia L. Acampora

| successor = Daniel Losquadro

| birth_name = Marc Steven Alessi

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1976|7}}

| birth_place = Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

| party = Democratic

| spouse = Gretchen

| children = 3

| residence = Shoreham, New York, U.S.

| profession = Entrepreneur

| religion =

| website = {{Official website|1=https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcstevenalessi/}}

| footnotes =

| education = SUNY Albany (BA)
Touro Law Center (JD)

}}

Marc Steven Alessi{{cite web |url= http://lawyers.justia.com/lawyer/marc-steven-alessi-1301692 |title= Marc Steven Alessi |publisher= Justia Lawyer Directory|accessdate=2008-04-13}} (born July 1976{{cite web |title= Asm. Marc Alessi (D-New York) biography |url= http://ny.ala.capwiz.com/bio/id/496990 |publisher= New York Library Association |accessdate= 2009-04-13}}) is an American attorney and entrepreneur from Shoreham, New York, who formerly served in the New York State Assembly. He currently holds positions as executive director of Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe,{{Cite web|url=https://teslasciencecenter.org/board-members/|title=Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe Website Board & Staff Page|last=|first=|date=|website=Tesla Science Center at Wardenclyffe|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2013-04-13}} Executive Director of the Business Incubator Association of New York State, Founder/CEO of SynchroPET,{{cite web|url=https://synchropet.com/about-us/|title=SynchroPET Website About Us|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=synchropet.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2009-04-13}}{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/synchropet/|title=SynchroPET LinkedIn Page|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=linkedin.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2020-02-01}} and attorney at the firm of Campolo, Middleton & McCormick LLP.{{cite web|url=https://cmmllp.com/our-professionals/|title=Campolo, Middleton & McCormick LLP Website Professionals on Staff|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=cmllp.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2015-05-05}}{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/company/campolo-middleton-&-mccormick-llp/people/|title=Campolo, Middleton & McCormick LLP LinkedIn Page|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=linkedin.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2020-02-01}}

Alessi was born in Brooklyn, New York, and grew up on Long Island. His father, a union printer, emigrated from Italy at the age of nine, and his mother worked and raised six children.{{cite web |title= Marc Alessi profile on Facebook.com |website= Facebook |url= https://www.facebook.com/marcalessi |accessdate= 2009-04-13 }}

Alessi graduated from SUNY Albany in 1998 with a B.A. in Political Science. He received his J.D. from Touro College Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in 2003 and was admitted to the New York State Bar Association in 2005. Alessi was of counsel with the law firm Jaspan Schlesinger LLP in Garden City, New York, from 2007 to 2015.{{cite web |url= http://www.lawyers.com/New-York/Garden-City/Marc-Alessi-20214907-a.html |title= Marc Alessi profile |publisher= Lawyers.com |accessdate= 2009-04-13}}

Alessi represented the state's 1st district from 2005 to 2010. The district comprised Brookhaven, Riverhead, Southold and Shelter Island. He was chosen to fill this seat, formerly occupied by Patricia Acampora, in a special election held on September 13, 2005. He won re-election in 2006 and 2008 but lost his bid for a third full term in November 2010, defeated by Republican Daniel Losquadro. Prior to his election, Alessi served as the Downstate Director of Intergovernmental Affairs within the Office of the New York State Comptroller from 2001 to 2005.

In 2012 Alessi founded and became the CEO of SynchroPET,{{cite web|url=https://synchropet.com/|title=SynchroPET Website Main Page|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=synchropet.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|accessdate=2009-04-13}} a biomedical device company in Ronkonkoma, New York, that manufactures MRI-compatible PET (Positron Emission Tomography) devices for the small animal research and clinical/human imaging markets.

From June 2015 to the present, Alessi has served as counsel to [https://cmmllp.com/our-professionals/ Campolo, Middleton & McCormick, LLP], a full-service law firm established in 2008 that is currently has four offices across Long Island, New York, with clients that range from global corporations to individuals.

He resides in Shoreham, New York, with his wife Gretchen and their daughter and two sons.