Judson A. Aaron
Partner



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Practice Areas

White Collar Defense & Internal Corporate Investigations  

Complex Commercial Litigation involving:

Healthcare
Business & Insurance

 In The News

Jud speaks at the 2011 DELVACCA In-House Counsel Conference.  His talk was entitled, "What Corporate Counsel Need to Know About the Refocused SEC "

Jud was an instructor for the 2011 National Institute of Trial Advocacy ("NITA") program in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Jud was an instructor on the examination of expert witnesses at the 2011 Temple University Beasley School of Law LL.M Program in Trial Advocacy

Jud speaks at the 2010 DELVACCA In-House Counsel Conference.  His talk was entitled, "How to Conduct an Effective Internal Corporate Investigation: Avoid the Many Landmines"

Jud speaks at the 2010 annual conference of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Institute of Internal Auditors.  His talk was entitled, "The Role of the Internal Audit on Preventing and Detecting Corporate Fraud"

Jud speaks at a CLE program sponsored by the Delaware Valley Area Chapter of the Association of Corporate Counsel entitled, "State Physician Payment Disclosure Trends: Is Your Company in Compliance or Is It Exposed to Potential Government Investigations?"

Jud speaks at a CLE program sponsored by the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Immigration Lawyers Association on new trends in federal criminal prosecutions of immigration fraud

Jud quoted in August 2009 issue of InsideCounsel article entitled: "Mixed Bag: FERA Provisions Vary in Significance for Business" 

In a program sponsored by the U.S. State Department, Jud addresses Chinese prosecutors on the prosecution and defense of intellectual property crimes in the United States, particularly crimes involving counterfeit goods

Jud speaks at ABA conference in Washington, D.C. on Non-Prosecution Agreements and Deferred Prosecution Agreements as alternatives to corporate indictments

Jud addresses Philadelphia Area Chapter of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners

Jud addresses in-house counsel on what to do when a subpoena arrives

Jud quoted in White-Collar Crime Fighter about new Department of Justice policies regarding corporate prosecutions

Education

Temple University Law School (J.D., 1991)
Philadelphia College of Performing Arts (B.A., 1981)

Bar and Court Admissions

Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

Memberships
Philadelphia Bar Association
American Bar Association
 

 
  

Biography

During his 17-year career, Judson Aaron has been a federal prosecutor and civil trial lawyer. From 1995 through 2006, Jud served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in the Criminal Division and Organized Crime Strike Force. He conducted hundreds of grand jury investigations, brought a wide array of criminal prosecutions, and successfully tried numerous cases to verdict. In his civil litigation practice, he represents corporations and individuals in white collar defense matters, including federal grand jury investigations and federal and state court criminal proceedings. He also represents companies and firms in complex commercial litigation, including business torts and RICO actions.

Representative Matters

  • As co-counsel at trial, Jud was part of the Conrad O’Brien trial team that secured a jury defense verdict on behalf of a Philadelphia-based international law firm in a legal malpractice action.
  • Achieved dismissal on subject matter jurisdiction grounds of class action lawsuit in federal district court in Pennsylvania alleging breach of fiduciary duty against attorney.
  • As white-collar criminal defense practitioner, represents corporations and professionals, including attorneys, physicians, accountants, and business owners, in grand jury investigations and trial proceedings, and before various federal agencies.

Jud’s cases in the U.S. Attorney’s Office included the prosecution of a multimillion dollar government-program fraud perpetrated against the U.S. Department of Education; the prosecution of a Ponzi scheme which defrauded commercial lenders of $25 million through a sham mental health services company; the convictions of individuals whose telemarketing scam defrauded hundreds of elderly victims of their life savings; and the convictions of co-conspirators in a nationwide criminal copyright infringement prosecution. Other cases involved health care, bank, insurance and computer fraud, identity theft, tax evasion, labor corruption, money laundering, narcotics offenses, and investigations of the La Cosa Nostra crime family, as well as Russian and Asian criminal organizations. Since 2000, Jud has been a Lecturer in Law at Temple University Law School, the nation’s top-rated scholastic trial advocacy program, teaching trial skills to law students and practicing attorneys alike.  Before becoming a lawyer, he was a professional jazz saxophonist.

Publications

Co-author, Steps To Take When The Government Comes Calling, Executive Counsel, Vol. 6, No. 3 (July/August 2009)

Author, How to Survive a Fraud Investigation, White-Collar Crime Fighter, Vol. 11, No. 6 (June 2009)

Author, Surviving a Criminal Investigation: Defining Deferred Prosecution and Non-Prosecution Agreements, Construction Today (Summer 2009)


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