Aron U. Raskas

Aron is a member of the litigation practice at Outside Counsel Solutions. He advises businesses and individuals on a range of legal issues. He is also a trial lawyer, representing plaintiffs and defendants in business, trade secrets, professional liability, personal injury, criminal and other litigation and arbitration matters.  Aron’s legal insights, business acumen and negotiating skills, backed by his ability to successfully litigate or arbitrate matters where necessary, provide a range and level of legal representation that is invaluable to clients.

In his business and civil practice, Aron is regularly involved in disputes involving breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, corporate governance, and business operations and control. He has performed internal investigations for companies under various circumstances.  He is the author of a published four-part series of articles on “Proactively Protecting the Corporation From Civil and Criminal Liability.”

Aron practiced for over twenty years (fifteen as a partner) at Kramon & Graham, P.A., one of the preeminent litigation firms in the Baltimore and Washington, D.C. area. The firm was routinely ranked by Chambers U.S.A. as one of the few “highest tier” litigation firms in the region.

Aron is a leader in the emerging area of electronic discovery and document retention and has presented training programs on this subject for lawyers and business persons. He also authored a regular column in Maryland’s Daily Record on these issues.

Representative Matters

• Representing a prominent digital currency company in a complex criminal case involving the claimed forfeiture of assets, charges of money laundering, the unlawful operation of a money transmitting business and other Bank Secrecy Act issues;  the company emerged from the criminal matter with only minimal penalties and the ability to continue operations.
• Representing the CFO of a Fortune 50 telecommunications company in congressional and criminal investigations.

• Obtaining summary judgment in favor of a major U.S. real estate developer in a challenge to a bid won by the developer for one of Maryland’s largest urban renewal projects.
• Representing a high-level government official who avoided any criminal charges in one of Washington, D.C.’s highest profile criminal investigations.

• Negotiating for the benefit of the CEO of one of Maryland’s most prominent real estate developers the acquisition of a majority stake in the corporation.
• Representing a group of former U.S. and German military personnel in the successful pursuit of claims against several of the world’s largest government contractors for injuries caused by x-ray radiation that emanated from missile defense systems produced by those manufacturers and which were manned by the military personnel during their service.

• Defending the CEO of a major corporation in civil lawsuits and investigations by the Federal Trade Commission and multiple state agencies alleging unfair trade practices.

• Representing one of the United States’ leading computer manufacturers in several litigations to recover debts and the return of equipment from distributors and customers.

Publications

• “Managing e-Discovery, Construct!”, American Bar Association Section of Litigation, Fall, 2007.
• “Corporate Counsel Beware: In House Counsel Convicted of Mail Fraud“, The Daily Record, Baltimore, Maryland, August 27, 2007.
• “The Era of E-Discovery”, A Series of Articles on the Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Concerning Electronically Stored Information, October, 2006 – March, 2007.
• “Proactively Protecting the Corporation From Civil and Criminal Liability.”  A  series of articles in The Daily Record,. November-December, 2006