
What Others Have Said About Us
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“[BP engineer Kurt] Mix fell into the crosshairs of federal prosecutors but he was fortunate enough to have Aaron Katz and Joan McPhee (Ropes & Gray) on his side.” — Forbes Magazine, reporting on Aaron Katz’s successful defense of Kurt Mix in a highly politicized prosecution brought by the Department of Justice’s Deepwater Horizon Task Force
“I was fortunate to have defense counsel who fought tirelessly for me, with me, from day one. Four long years, never giving up.” — BP engineer Kurt Mix, speaking to the media about Aaron Katz’s successful defense of him against all felony charges brought by the Department of Justice’s Deepwater Horizon Task Force
“Counsel are to be complimented on a case well and exhaustively tried. This trial was conducted with civility, zealous advocacy, and professional competence for which the Court is grateful.” — U.S. District Judge Nathaniel Gorton, speaking on the record after the jury’s acquittal of Aaron Katz’s client Dustin DeNunzio
“[Dustin DeNunzio and his two co-defendants] got caught up in the politics of the great city of Boston. That justice prevailed . . . is a beacon of hope that the justice system still works.” — Forbes Magazine, commenting on the jury’s acquittal of Aaron Katz’s client Dustin DeNunzio
“The courtroom was stunned into silence when a Ropes & Gray LLP attorney revealed that surgeons who were painted by the federal government as victims of Stryker Biotech LLC’s alleged off-label marketing plot would stick up for Stryker during its criminal trial. . . . Aaron Katz led a laborious effort to track down the surgeons and persuade them to talk.” — Law360, reporting on the defense’s defeat of all felony charges in U.S. v. Stryker Biotech et al
“Thank you so much for your hard work and dedication to the Stryker Biotech case. Your knowledge of every inch of the case gave me great confidence. I know you had to work tirelessly to properly defend us and for that I am so grateful.” — Jeff Whitaker, one of the individual defendants in U.S. v. Stryker Biotech et al, which ended with prosecutors dismissing all felony charges against all four defendants (45 charges total) in the middle of trial
“Aaron Katz has played a key role in some of Ropes & Gray’s highest-profile white collar trials, including Stryker Biotech’s stunning victory.” — Law360, recognizing Aaron Katz in 2017 as one of the country’s top 5 trial lawyers under age 40
“Katz quickly mastered the lengthy factual record and complex legal doctrines at play. He then provided an exceptionally high level of representation to Pouncy. Indeed, Katz won Pouncy significant habeas corpus relief in this case.” — U.S. District Judge Matthew Leitman, complimenting in a formal decision Aaron Katz’s pro bono representation of habeas corpus petitioner Omar Pouncy
“Aaron was spectacular. I retained him after prosecutors charged me with serious financial crimes I did not commit. Aaron dismantled the prosecutors’ case against me and convinced them to drop all charges before trial. My family and I will remain forever grateful to Aaron.” — John Fazio, who Arizona prosecutors wrongly indicted for embezzlement, fraud, and identity theft
“I love you!”
— Our client Roger Bendelac, after we told him that U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns had ruled in Roger’s favor on every count after a week long trial against the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC v. Bendelac).