EDUCATION:

     Bachelor of Arts (BA), George Washington University (1976)

     Juris Doctor (JD), St. Louis University School of Law (1979)

     Greyfriars Hall, Oxford University (1983-1984)

 

EMPL0YMENT:

     Aarons Law Firm, P.C. (1992 to present): Managing attorney; civil and criminal trials and appeals.

     Jones, Snead, Wertheim & Wentworth PA (1989-1992): General practice.

     New Mexico Public Defender Department, Clovis NM (1985), Chief, Death Penalty Defense Division (1985-1989): handled over 30 murder and death penalty cases, tried thirteen; countless trials on lesser charges; appellate advocacy in assigned death penalty and murder cases; taught at CLE seminars in trial advocacy.

     Lieutenant Colonel, Judge Advocate, US Army Reserves, formerly active duty, VII Corps, Augsburg, Germany; prosecuted over fifty (50) courts-martial (1980-1983); Special Defense Counsel in murder trial in Nürnberg; officially observed German trials of American citizens.

     Legal Aid Lawyer, Great Falls, Montana Legal Services (1979): General civil litigation and misdemeanor defense for Native American clients.

     Faculty, Judge Advocate General Legal Center and School, University of Virginia, University of Virginia Law School (2000-present); National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA) Program, University of New Mexico (1992 - 1999); PowerPoint in Courtroom; UNM (2002-2003); Harvard (NITA 1990), Southern Methodist University (NITA 1991), and California Western (1997-1999)

 

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:

     Bar of United States Supreme Court (1983); Criminal Trial Specialist, National Board of Trial Advocates (1986-1992); Criminal Trial Specialist, New Mexico Bar Specialization Committees (1991-present); Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory of Preeminent Lawyers (1988-present); Who's Who in America; Knights of Columbus.