Aaron Spolin
Award-Winning Criminal Appeals Lawyer & Former Prosecutor
Spolin Law P.C.’s founder, Aaron Spolin, is a former prosecutor and award-winning criminal appeals attorney. He has achieved successful outcomes on hundreds of criminal cases, including numerous dismissals of major felony cases; non-criminal resolutions to complex fraud and insurance fraud defense cases; successful appellate outcomes from various appellate courts; and multiple not-guilty jury verdicts at trial. Innocent Spolin Law clients wrongfully accused of murder and other serious crimes are now free because of his work.
Aaron is the recipient of various awards for his advocacy, including the American College of Trial Lawyer’s Medal for Excellence in Oral Advocacy as well as Princeton University’s Lynde Prize. He is ranked in the top 1% of criminal law attorneys, is on the “Top 100 Trial Lawyers” list of The National Trial Lawyers, and is recognized as one of the “10 Best Criminal Law Attorneys” by the American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys.
Aaron received his B.A. from Princeton University and his J.D. from U.C. Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall). He is a former member of California Law Review. Aaron is also the author of the book Witness Misidentification in Criminal Trials and co-author of the Harvard Law School Public Interest Office’s advocacy guide Serving Immigrants and Refugees. Prior to serving as a prosecutor and criminal defense attorney, Aaron worked for the East Bay Community Law Center in Berkeley, California, and for federal judge Shira Scheindlin in the Southern District of New York. He is admitted to practice law throughout the states of California and New York, as well as various federal courts, including the United States Supreme Court.
- Appeals & Appellate
- Criminal Law
- White Collar Crime
- Civil Rights
- Arbitration & Mediation
- DUI & DWI
- Juvenile Law
- Gov & Administrative Law
- Criminal Appeals
- Writs of Habeas Corpus
- SB 1437, AB 2942, Etc.
- CPL 440
- Article 11.07 Writs
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- California
- State Bar of California
- ID Number: 310379
- New York
- New York State Office of Court Administration
- ID Number: 5248505
- Texas
- State Bar of Texas
- ID Number: 24118984
- English
- Founder / Lawyer
- Spolin Law P.C.
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- Assistant District Attorney
- Office of the District Attorney, New York City Bronx County
- Current
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law
- J.D. | Law
- Activities: California Law Review
- Princeton University
- B.A.
- Honors: Lynde Prize
- Top 10 Law Firms in California for Criminal Law
- Attorney & Practice Magazine
- Top 100 Trial Lawyers - Criminal Law
- The National Trial Lawyers
- 10 Best Attorneys in California - Criminal Defense
- American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys
- Medal for Excellence in Advocacy
- American College of Trial Lawyers
- Lynde Prize
- Princeton University
- State Bar of Texas # 24118984
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- State Bar of New York # 5248505
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- State Bar of California # 310379
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- James Madison Award Speech , Presentation of James Madison Award to Supreme Court Justice Steven Breyer
- Website
- Spolin Law P.C.
- Blog
- Criminal Appeals Guide
- Governor Publicly Announces Commutation of Sentence for Spolin Law Client
14 July 2020 - New York legislators take action against police brutality by proposing a new bill to ban the chokehold
9 July 2020 - Supreme Court Sends Death Penalty Case Back for Reconsideration Of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim
9 July 2020
Spolin Law - Criminal Defense & Civil Rights
