Aaron S. Halpern
Associate

Practice Areas

Experience

Aaron Halpern concentrates his practice in the litigation of a wide variety of commercial, complex tort, and product liability matters in state and federal courts. In this capacity, he drafts pleadings, memoranda, and briefs, prepares motion papers, and conducts and defends depositions. Mr. Halpern has experience in a variety of subject matter including products liability, toxic tort, contract disputes, corporate, employment, banking, and bankruptcy law.

Previously, Mr. Halpern was an associate in the commercial litigation department of Farrell Fritz, PC, where he was responsible for all stages of litigation, including appearing before federal and state courts for hearings, conferences, and oral argument, and assisting with trial preparation. Mr. Halpern also clerked for the Honorable Burrell I. Humphreys, New Jersey Superior Court.

While in law school, Mr. Halpern served as the managing editor of the Tulane Maritime Law Journal and was a law clerk for the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He was also a member of the Tulane Law School Civil Litigation Clinic.

Publications

“Coordination of Mass Tort Proceedings” (coauthor), The Practical Litigator, March 2008.

“Recent Developments in Spoliation Law” (coauthor), LJN’s Product Liability Law & Strategy, December 2007, Vol. 26, No. 6.

“Limitations on the Manufacturer’s Duty to Warn: New Developments and Idiosyncratic and Allergic Reactions” (coauthor), BNA Products Safety & Liability Reporter, January 16, 2006.

“Preferential Transfers: Tactics for Defending Preference Actions: Part II” (coauthor), The Bankruptcy Strategist, May 2004.

“Preferential Transfers: Tactics for Defending Preference Actions: Part I” (coauthor), The Bankruptcy Strategist, April 2004.

Admissions

Mr. Halpern is admitted to practice in the states of New York and New Jersey and the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York.

Education

Tulane University School of Law, J.D.
McGill University, B.A., with distinction