Stephen D Aarons
Contact Info
Founding member since 2021
After serving in Germany with the US Army JAG and spending one year of graduate school at Oxford in Britain, Steve moved to Santa Fé and has been a criminal defense lawyer here ever since. Steve incorporated Endo LLC and its parent company, Puma Capital LLC, and waded through the new legislation and regulations of the NM Cannabis Control Division as well as the City of Santa Fé zoning board, the water board, and the building permit process. Steve is now working to register the Endo trademark as new cannabis strains being developed in house.
Education
- BA, Honors, George Washington University, Washington DC (1976)
- JD, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis MO (1979)
- Greyfriars, University of Oxford, Great Britain (1983-1984)
- LLM, Military Law, JAG School, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA (1985)
Background
Aarons Law Firm PC (1992 to present): Solo practice; criminal trials and appeals;
Jones, Snead, Wertheim, Wentworth & Jaramillo (1989-1992): Civil and criminal trials;
New Mexico Public Defender Department, Clovis NM (1985) and chief of death penalty defense division (1986-1989): handled several dozen murder cases, appellate advocacy in assigned death penalty and murder cases; taught trial advocacy at MCLE seminars;
Judge Advocate General’s Corps, Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Reserves (retired), Senior Trial Counsel, VII Corps, Augsburg, Germany, prosecuting fifty-one courts-martial on active duty (1980-1983); Military Law Professor, Judge Advocate General School, University of Virginia School of Law (1999-2007);
Legal Aid Lawyer, Great Falls, Montana Legal Services (1979): Volunteer in Service to America, civil litigation and misdemeanor defense for Black Feet Tribe;
National Institute of Trial Advocates (NITA): University of New Mexico (1992-1999); Harvard (NITA 1990), Southern Methodist University (NITA 1991), California Western (1997-1999); National Business Institute; Faculty, New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association’s Trial College (2013).
Professional Associations
Contact Info
Founding member since 2021
After serving in Germany with the US Army JAG and spending one year of graduate school at Oxford in Britain, Steve moved to Santa Fé and has been a criminal defense lawyer here ever since. Steve incorporated Endo LLC and its parent company, Puma Capital LLC, and waded through the new legislation and regulations of the NM Cannabis Control Division as well as the City of Santa Fé zoning board, the water board, and the building permit process. Steve is now working to register the Endo trademark as new cannabis strains being developed in house.
Education
- BA, Honors, George Washington University, Washington DC (1976)
- JD, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis MO (1979)
- Greyfriars, University of Oxford, Great Britain (1983-1984)
- LLM, Military Law, JAG School, University of Virginia, Charlottesville VA (1985)
Background
Aarons Law Firm PC (1992 to present): Solo practice; criminal trials and appeals;
Jones, Snead, Wertheim, Wentworth & Jaramillo (1989-1992): Civil and criminal trials;
New Mexico Public Defender Department, Clovis NM (1985) and chief of death penalty defense division (1986-1989): handled several dozen murder cases, appellate advocacy in assigned death penalty and murder cases; taught trial advocacy at MCLE seminars;
Judge Advocate General’s Corps, Lieutenant Colonel, US Army Reserves (retired), Senior Trial Counsel, VII Corps, Augsburg, Germany, prosecuting fifty-one courts-martial on active duty (1980-1983); Military Law Professor, Judge Advocate General School, University of Virginia School of Law (1999-2007);
Legal Aid Lawyer, Great Falls, Montana Legal Services (1979): Volunteer in Service to America, civil litigation and misdemeanor defense for Black Feet Tribe;
National Institute of Trial Advocates (NITA): University of New Mexico (1992-1999); Harvard (NITA 1990), Southern Methodist University (NITA 1991), California Western (1997-1999); National Business Institute; Faculty, New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyer’s Association’s Trial College (2013).
