Aaron Mendelsohn is a Senior Counsel in the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s
Department of Enforcement. In this position, Aaron handles complex financial investigations
pertaining to sales practice and trading violations by FINRA member firms and associated
persons. Prior to joining FINRA, Aaron served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Economic
Crimes Unit of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Jersey. As an Assistant U.S.
Attorney, Aaron prosecuted Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, securities fraud, AntiMoney Laundering and Bank Secrecy Act violations, and other white collar crimes occurring in
the U.S. and around the world.
Aaron has also worked in private practice at Troutman Sanders in New York and at Wilmer
Cutler & Pickering in Washington, D.C. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in Washington,
D.C. and as a Trial Attorney in the Civil Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. Aaron clerked
for the Honorable Ruben Castillo, Chief Judge of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District
of Illinois.
Aaron received his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law and his B.A. from
Middlebury College.
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