Aaron Mendelsohn
Associate
New York
Business Phone:
212.704.6158
Business Fax:
212.704.8378
aaron.mendelsohn@troutmansanders.com
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Mr. Mendelsohn has experience in several areas of litigation, including criminal law, appellate practice, civil RICO, and election law. While serving for almost five years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington, D.C., Mr. Mendelsohn acted as the lead prosecutor in fifteen jury trials and argued numerous cases before the D.C. Court of Appeals. He also directed over one hundred grand jury investigations utilizing federal and local law enforcement agencies. During his tenure as a federal prosecutor, Mr. Mendelsohn received two U.S. Department of Justice Special Achievement Awards.
Prior to joining the U.S. Attorney's Office, Mr. Mendelsohn served as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. He was a member of the Tobacco Litigation Team, which handled the largest civil RICO case in U.S. history. Mr. Mendelsohn also has experience in election law matters, having worked in various legal capacities on several national and state political campaigns.
Publications
"The Fourth Amendment and Traffic Stops: Bright Line Rules in Conjunction with the Totality of the Circumstances Test," Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, 88 J. Crim. L. & Criminology 930 (1998)
Work Experience
Associate, Troutman Sanders LLP, 2008-present
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Criminal Division, U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, 2003-2007
Trial Attorney, Civil Division, Tobacco Litigation Team, U.S. Department of Justice, 2002-2003
Associate, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering (now known as Wilmer Hale), 1999
Clerkships
Law Clerk, The Honorable Ruben Castillo, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, 2001-2002
Law Clerk, Criminal Division, Office of Special Investigations, U.S. Department of Justice, 1997
Law Clerk, Criminal Division, Cook County State's Attorney's Office, 1997