Areas of Practice
Aaron Brecher focuses his practice on litigation. In addition to his experience as a Summer Associate with Lane Powell, Aaron has worked as a Law Clerk with both the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He also previously worked as a Legal Intern for the Washtenaw County Office of the Public Defender in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Professional Experience
U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit, Law Clerk to the Honorable Ronald M. Gould (2014-2015)
U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Law Clerk to the Honorable Alicemarie H. Stotler (2013-2014)
Lane Powell PC, Summer Associate (2012)
Washtenaw County Office of the Public Defender, Legal Intern (2011)
Admitted to Practice
Washington
Academics
University of Michigan Law School (J.D., magna cum laude, 2013)
Order of the Coif
Dean’s Merit Scholar
Phi Kappa Phi
Howard B. Coblentz Prize
International Law of War Certificate of Merit
Michigan Law Review, Articles Editor
Henry M. Campbell Moot Court Competition, Quarterfinalist (2013)
Swarthmore College (B.A., History, with high honors, 2010)
National Merit Scholar
Practice Group and Specialty Team Memberships
Class Actions
Complex Litigation
Litigation
Privacy and Data Security
Publications
“Noerr–Pennington Immunity and the Alien Tort Statute,” New York University Law Review Online (December 2015)
“State (Un)Separated Powers and Commandeering,” Fordham Law Review Res Gestae (April 2015)
“Some Kind of Judge: Henry Friendly and the Law of Federal Courts,” Michigan Law Review (April 2014)
“Cyberattacks and the Covert Action Statute: Toward a Domestic Legal Framework for Offensive Cyberoperations,” Michigan Law Review (December 2012)
Professional and Community Activities
Federal Bar Association
Washington State Bar Association
Participant, Tikvah-Hertog Summer Institute on Law and National Security (2011)