Alexander Y. Benikov is a criminal defense lawyer, law professor, author, international lecturer, and podcast host. Mr. Benikov opened The Benikov Law Firm as soon as he graduated from law school and has run the practice for the past eight years. The Firm focuses exclusively on criminal defense and Mr. Benikov has also served as Chief Public Defender, and Special Prosecutor. He has received numerous awards from lawyer recognition associations, including Super Lawyers, American Trial Lawyers, and America's Best Lawyers. Mr.

Benikov has been an adjunct professor at Arizona Summit Law School and St. Francis Law School. Mr. Benikov has authored four legal books and one non-legal book. His new book How To Start a Law Practice was published by Carolina Academic Press in 2016. His books have been required reading in many law schools across the country, and his Client Management for Lawyers title is currently being translated into Mandarin by a major Beijing publisher for the Chinese market. Mr. Benikov has had three law review articles published as well as many articles for legal magazines on various subjects.

He has lectured nationally and internationally in places such as Shenzhen, China; Dubai, UAE; and Bratislava, Slovakia. In 2017 Mr. Benikov launched his own podcast called Crime Inc., which is hosted by Modern Lawyer Media Group.