Aaron is Special Counsel and co-chair of the firm’s Education Practice Group. He previously chaired the firm’s Appellate Practice Group and continues to handle complex appeals. Based on his experience in government, he also advises companies and non-profit organizations on government regulatory matters and investigations.

Aaron draws on his experience in positions in higher education and government to advise colleges, universities, private secondary schools, and non-profit organizations on the complex legal, regulatory, and public relations issues they regularly face. His advice is tempered by a deep understanding of the culture and operations of colleges and universities, having served as General Counsel and Secretary of Connecticut College. In that position, he coordinated the work of the Board of Trustees, advised the college’s President, and oversaw all of the college’s legal affairs, including litigation, contracts, internal policies and procedures, and compliance with state and federal law. He also served as Acting Vice President for Advancement and taught Constitutional Law at both Connecticut College and the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.

An accomplished appellate lawyer and a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers, Aaron has argued numerous high-profile cases before state and federal appeals courts in Connecticut and around the country. He has written on appellate issues, including an appellate column for the National Law Journal. Since 2006, he has been named in The Best Lawyers in America for his work as an appellate lawyer and was named Hartford Appellate Practice “Lawyer of the Year.” Aaron was also honored as a “Litigation Star” by Benchmark Litigation in the categories of Appellate, General Commercial, and Higher Education Law.

Aaron previously served as the Deputy Attorney General of Connecticut and as counsel to the U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee and to U.S. Senator Joseph Lieberman. As Deputy Attorney General, he oversaw the work of the Office’s 200 attorneys, which included advising the governor, legislature, and all agency heads; representing the state in all civil litigation; and investigating misconduct by state officials. He managed some of the Office’s most complex and politically sensitive cases. Aaron draws on that government experience in advising clients on a wide array of government regulatory matters and investigations—providing legal guidance that is shaped by an understanding of the related government and public relations issues that clients face.

Aaron also has significant experience working with nonprofit organizations. He has served on many nonprofit boards of directors, including serving as the Chair of Connecticut Legal Services, Vice President of the Connecticut Foundation for Open Government, and a director of the Connecticut Public Affairs Network.

He is a longstanding advocate of open government, winning awards from the Society of Professional Journalists and the Freedom of Information Commission. He served on the Judicial Task Force on Public Access, established by the acting Chief Justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court to increase public access to the courts, and chaired the Committee on Access to Judicial Proceedings, which recommended expanding media coverage of court proceedings.

Aaron received his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, and his B.A. summa cum laude from Yale University. After law school, he was a clerk to Judge Harry T. Edwards of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.