Aaron’s background includes stints as a business and tax attorney practicing in both midsize and large traditional law firms, followed by seven years acting first as corporate counsel and then general counsel of Aventail Corporation, which, prior to its acquisition by SonicWall, Inc., was a mid-sized, Seattle-based company that developed and marketed Internet security software, hardware and associated services on a worldwide basis. Aaron’s current practice focuses on supporting emerging and established businesses in the information technology sector.
Aaron’s experience has been principally focused on the following:
• Intellectual property protection and licensing programs
• Technology development, sales and distribution
• Purchase and sale of complex services
• Business development and partnering programs
• Outsourcing
• International sales, marketing, distribution and operations
Prior Experience
Aventail Corporation (now a business division of SonicWall, Inc.) – General Counsel and Secretary
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP – Associate in the Tax and Business Groups
Ogden Murphy Wallace PLLC- Associate in the Business and Litigation Groups.
Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C. – Juris Doctor, 1996
University of Washington School of Law– LL. M Taxation, 1999
University of Washington, Seattle, WA – BA, English, 1993