When clients have a legal problem or concern, they need one thing: a solution. Aaron provides solutions across a host of subjects, including business torts and contracts, insurance coverage, and real estate disputes. To this end, Aaron has drafted pleadings, dispositive and pre-trial security motions, and legal memoranda for preliminary injunctions, state and federal cases, and declaratory judgment actions. He has also drafted a variety of discovery disclosures, requests, and responses, and gained experience in document collection, review, and analysis.
But most legal problems don't involve complaints, motions, and discovery; in fact, most legal problems never involve the courts at all. For that reason, Aaron spends much of his time helping clients minimize and avert disagreements before they become disputes. For example, Aaron is an active member of the firm's Investor Class Action Recovery practice, where he advises mutual funds, public pension funds, trusts, and institutional investors on how to maximize securities class action recoveries and fulfill their fiduciary responsibilities.
For clients in the financial services and real estate sectors, Aaron also draws on his academic training—in finance and economics—and on his experience managing construction loans at a community bank. He is also adept at using technology and writing software to help clients minimize costs and efficiently solve problems.
Aaron has represented clients from a myriad of industries, including financial services, insurance, and medical technology. But his clients also include underserved members of the Boston community, through participation in Mintz's pro bono initiatives. Most recently, as part of the Domestic Violence Project, Aaron successfully represented a domestic violence victim in obtaining a Chapter 209A restraining order.
During law school, Aaron served on the Harvard Business Law Review's Board of Directors, and assisted Professor Howell Jackson in his research on financial regulation. Aaron also interned at The Goldwater Institute, where he worked on public interest litigation and legislation, conducted client intake interviews, and evaluated the merits of potential cases.
Experience
- Represented a manufacturer of cleaning devices for continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines in a false advertising suit brought in the Southern District of New York by a multinational competitor, which dealt with complex Lanham Act claims.
viewpoints
Fifth Circuit Provides New Guidance on Evaluating Confidential Witnesses
February 16, 2023 | Blog | By Peter M. Saparoff, Aaron Fenton
Last month, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the lower court’s March 2021 dismissal in Oklahoma Firefighters Pension and Retirement System v. Six Flags Entertainment Corporation. In the now-revived class action, investors sued Six Flags in relation to 11 Chinese theme parks that Six Flags licensed to a local company for construction and operation, which were expected to be a major driver of Six Flags’ revenue growth – before construction stalled and the licenses were ultimately cancelled in February 2020, these Chinese parks were expected to contribute up to $60 million in pre-tax profits to Six Flags. In the Fifth Circuit’s opinion, the Court ruled that the lower court had excessively discounted the Complaint’s factual allegations, and that the Complaint did, in fact, sufficiently allege material misstatements and scienter.
Second Circuit Revives Antitrust Class Action Brought by Two Non-Existent Entities
April 5, 2021 | Blog | By Aaron Fenton
Two Isn’t Always Better Than One: SDNY Denies Class Certification Where Lead Plaintiff Hired Two Firms
October 21, 2020 | Blog | By Ellen Shapiro
How a Prior DOJ Settlement Doomed a SEC Enforcement Action: A Volkswagen Case Study
September 10, 2020 | Blog | By Ellen Shapiro
"Fuss" Majeure: Lessons from the Early Outbreak of Covid v. Contract Cases
April 24, 2020 | Blog | By Peter Biagetti, Clare Prober, Aaron Fenton
News & Press
Harvard Law Grads Give Boston Cold Shoulder, Take Jobs Elsewhere
September 11, 2023
Bloomberg Law quoted Members Joshua Fox and Louis Mercedes, as well as Associate Aaron Fenton in an article analyzing potential reasons why Harvard Law graduates are accepting job offers outside of Massachusetts. Joshua, Lou, and Aaron discussed the benefits graduates have when staying local to the Boston area.
Twenty-Eight Mintz Attorneys Named To Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers List
November 22, 2022
In its second annual edition, 28 Mintz attorneys were named to Boston Magazine’s Top Lawyers list.
Eviction Ban Doesn’t Preclude Attachment
September 2, 2020
Businesses Break Contracts and Blame Virus. Is Climate Next?
August 6, 2020
Recognition & Awards
Boston Magazine Top Lawyers – Real Estate (2021 - 2022)
Involvement
- Alternate Member, Kensington Zoning Board of Adjustment