Aaron Spolin

Spolin Law P.C.’s founder, Aaron Spolin, is a former prosecutor and award-winning trial attorney in Los Angeles, CA. He has achieved successful outcomes on hundreds of criminal cases, from appeals and writs, civil rights, federal crimes, drug and alcohol crimes, California DUI crimes, theft crimes, fraud crimes - including insurance fraud, and violent crimes. Before becoming a criminal defense and civil rights attorney, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in New York City, Bronx County.

At the District Attorney’s Office, Aaron was assigned to the economic crimes bureau, where he managed some of the office’s more complex cases. He also served as trial counsel on a high-profile murder case—which he won—that was prosecuted in conjunction with the office’s Gangs & Major Cases bureau. Throughout his career, Aaron has also filed hundreds of legal motions regarding suppression of evidence and Constitutional rights. 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.

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 has a long history of fighting for fairness in the criminal justice system. He is the author of the Princeton thesis Reforms for the Process of Eyewitness Identifications in Criminal Trials, which discusses the leading cause of wrongful convictions in the United States. He also co-wrote the Harvard Law School Public Interest Office’s advocacy guide Serving Immigrants and Refugees, first published in 2006.

Aaron’s past experience includes working for Federal Judge Shira Scheindlin, for the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office, and as an advocate for the East Bay Community Law Center. Before studying law, he worked as a business consultant for McKinsey & Company.