Litigation Experience

Until June 2020 Aaron was Counsel in the Global Regulatory Enforcement group in the New York office of Reed Smith LLP. He focused on internal investigations, white-collar criminal defense, responses to government inquiries, and data security and privacy. His work at Reed Smith included advising financial institutions and other clients on compliance with U.S. anti-corruption and AML statutes, including the FCPA and BSA, and defending clients in securities fraud and insider trading investigations.

At Reed Smith, Aaron drafted an extensive report on behalf of a former head of government explaining the risks faced by U.S. financial institutions who choose to do business with foreign political figures. Aaron was also the lead-drafter of a Wells submission which resulted in the SEC taking the unusual step of dropping its investigation of his client.

From October 2014 to September 2017, Aaron was an Assistant Attorney General in the Bureau of Internet and Technology at the New York State Office of the Attorney General (the "Office"). He worked on matters touching on fraud, privacy, data security, illegal gambling, ticket resale, COPPA, CAN-SPAM, HIPAA, FTC Act, and New York's consumer protection and false advertising laws.

In the fall of 2015 Aaron played a key role in constructing the legal framework that led to an investigation by the Office into illegal gambling activities promoted by the two largest daily fantasy sports companies operating in New York – DraftKings and FanDuel. That December, the Office won unprecedented injunctions against both companies.

In January 2016, Aaron co-authored a report on the event ticket industry that gained national media attention. Aaron also led investigations into illegal sales procedures by a number of ticket resellers, resulting in the recovery of more than $6 Million in disgorged profits and penalties.

Aaron played a central role in the Office's investigation of and litigation against Charter Communications for violations of New York's consumer protection laws. Aaron conducted a comprehensive analysis of the relevant law, ultimately concluding that a case against Charter would likely succeed. Aaron's analysis served as a blueprint for the Office's investigation and litigation, which ended when Charter settled with the Office for $174 Million in 2018. Aaron drafted successful oppositions to Charter's motions to remand and to dismiss.

In January 2017, Aaron was presented with the Louis J. Lefkowitz Award, the highest commendation bestowed by the Office for superior service by attorneys.

From 2005 until 2014, Aaron was an associate in the New York office of White & Case LLP, where he focused on patent litigation, with an emphasis in internet applications, mobile communications, ecommerce and software-related inventions. Aaron's patent litigation experience includes cases for Google and Verizon Wireless.

Prior to starting his career in private practice, Aaron worked at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda in Tanzania, where he advised judges on both common law and civil law principles.

Before he went to law school, Aaron worked as an engineer and a high school teacher, and founded a business that designed, programmed and developed content for educational software to help high school students study for standardized exams.