Aaron Kahn is a litigator with experience in commercial litigation and white-collar internal investigations and defense. He has represented clients in both state and federal court, as well as in multi-million dollar arbitrations. Mr. Kahn has worked on disputes and other matters involving personal and business torts, contract law, commercial fraud, unfair competition/false advertising law, trust & probate law, intellectual property, real property law, constitutional law, and immigration law. Mr. Kahn's clients have included individuals, small businesses, and large international corporations in a variety of industries including sports & entertainment, technology, retail, health care, manufacturing, engineered products and services, financial services, legal services, and banking.
 
Among Mr. Kahn's most significant recent experience is the important role he plays defending a major technology company in several high-stakes class arbitrations before the American Arbitration Association. His work for this client includes all aspects of the new and rapidly changing field of class arbitration practice, including the clause construction, class certification, and merits stages of the arbitrations. His work for this client also includes matters before federal district courts and courts of appeal in connection with the arbitral proceedings.

Mr. Kahn also recently participated in an investigation of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act compliance issues for multiple segments of a multi-national corporation with extensive overseas operations. His work for this client included assisting in planning the compliance review, conducting numerous investigations in Asia and Europe, preparing investigatory reports for various governmental regulatory agencies, and advising the client on compliance practices going forward.

Mr. Kahn's recent experience also includes:

• Obtaining a dismissal, with prejudice, at the pleading stage of all claims in a multi-million dollar fraud action brought against a large NYSE-traded financial services corporation, and defeating successive appeals.
• Securing a dismissal of criminal fraud charges brought against a local business owner prior to preliminary hearing.
• Representing two foundations in probate proceedings related to a deceased celebrity’s lost will, resulting in a large favorable settlement for both clients. 
• Representing a major food manufacturer against class action unfair competition claims.
• Defending a reality television show producer against breach of contract and fraud claims brought by a former contestant and representing the producer in its cross-claims against the contestant in a high-profile litigation.
• Conducting an internal investigation on behalf of the audit committee of the board of directors of a leading manufacturing corporation into alleged misconduct by the company's senior officers.
• Member of a team defending a foreign sovereign in a nearly $100 million lawsuit stemming from the rehabilitation of a failed California insurance company, resulting in a dismissal on summary judgment, and currently on appeal before the 9th Circuit.
• Representing a former in-house counsel to a major southern California retailer in connection with a federal indictment of his former employer.
• Advising a major local retail/sporting facility on real property issues and California constitutional law issues related to recently enacted taxation and licensing statutes.

Aaron Kahn is also committed to pro-bono work. He recently secured asylum for a 10-year-old Guatemalan girl facing deportation proceedings before the Los Angeles Immigration Court, keeping her from being returned to the gender-motivated violence plaguing her home country. In connection with this representation, Mr. Kahn researched the conditions in Guatemala, consulted with major non-governmental organizations, prepared lay and expert witnesses for in-court testimony, appeared repeatedly before the immigration court, drafted a trial brief outlining the client's eligibility for asylum, and conducted a merits hearing in support of the client's application. Mr. Kahn also filed an appellate brief before the Board of Immigration Appeals in response to the government’s challenge of the immigration court’s asylum grant. White & Case recognized Mr. Kahn for his work on this case with a 2007 pro-bono award.

Mr. Kahn is also a member of the White & Case team representing a major nonprofit organization, the Log Cabin Republicans, in a constitutional challenge to the US military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, which prevents gays and lesbians from openly revealing their sexuality or risk discharge.

Aaron Kahn was a summer associate at White & Case and joined the firm as a litigation associate upon his graduation from law school. He now serves on the Loyola Law School Alumni Association's Board of Governors and remains active in the Loyola Law School community.