Alexandra Cabot

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Alexandra Cabot
Title Assistant District Attorney
Affiliation Manhattan District Attorney's Office
First Appearance SVU: "Wrong Is Right"
Last Appearance SVU: "--"
Played by Stephanie March

Alexandra Cabot was an Assistant District Attorney on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. She was also a primary character in the mid-season replacement series Conviction. Cabot is the first of the three SVU ADAs, the others being Casey Novak and Kim Greylek. After an assassination attempt, she spent several years in Witness Protection. In 2009, Cabot was out of Witness Protection for three years and was contacted by Jack McCoy to reprise her role as SVU's ADA.

[edit] History

The niece of Judge Bill Hermann, Alexandra Cabot grew up around the machinery of Law and Order and as an adult, vigorously pursued a career with the Manhattan District Attorney's Office. In 2000, she was first assigned to the Special Victims Unit to give then-Executive Assistant District Attorney Charlie Phillips an eye into the unit as they went under the Morris Commission. Phillips wanted Cabot to find any improprieties in the unit before the commission did, as the latter's findings might have jeopardized his hopes of replacing Nora Lewin as District Attorney. The SVU was later cleared of any wrongdoing, but Cabot stayed on as their ADA-liason.

Cabot's time with the SVU was notable for a high success rate, but also for her habit of leaning on certain judges (including her uncle) for favors. One judge in particular, Lena Petrovsky, went so far as to call Cabot out on her behavior after she went to Petrovsky to nullify an immunity agreement with Missy Kurtz. (SVU: "Damaged")

Cabot decided to participate in training to become an appeals court clerk in Albany. While this is happening, DA Jack McCoy asked Sonya Paxton to temporarily cover her case load.

[edit] Trivia

• Cabot was once a student of Judge Barry Moredock.
• Cabot served as an advocate for Tyler Blake in the custody battle Blake vs. Cook.