AARON VOLOJ DESSAUER, OF COUNSEL TO THE FIRM, IS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INSTITUTE OF LAW, TECHONOLOGY & INNOVATION AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW
Aaron is a professor at Florida State University College of Law, where he also serves as the inaugural Executive Director of the Institute of Law, Technology and Innovation. Aaron is not admitted in Florida, though he is admitted in New York.
A former legal advisor to the German mission to the United Nations and lecturer at Yale Law School and at the University of Münster in Germany, Aaron has considerable government and academic experience. A recipient of numerous awards, Aaron was the youngest university graduate in Germany, where he received his Ph.D. in philosophy at age 21.
A graduate of Yale Law School, Aaron began his legal career with the legendary Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, before working as an associate at Sullivan & Cromell LLP and Freshfields Bruckhaus Derriger LLP, two leading international law firms.
An expert in constitutional law, constitutional design, artificial intelligence, governance and ethics, Aaron is sought after to serve as a consultant, expert, moderator, and panelist in his areas of specialty. At Florida State University College of Law, he hosts the monthly Frontiers in the Law series, a CLE-eligible webinar on issues related to technology, cybersecurity, and information privacy.
REPRESENTATIONS
· Represented international mining conglomerate for alleged violations of Foreign Corruption Practices Act.
· Drafted a writ of coram nobis for Bulgarian businessman to vacate 25-year-old criminal conviction.
· Represented hacker, accused of stealing and reselling 130 million credit card information, in the largest theft of credit card data in U.S. history.
· Represented high-profile businessman to prevent broadcasting of trial in Clark County, Nevada
· Represented a number of high-profile individuals in confidential defamation lawsuits.
EDUCATION
J.D., Yale Law School, 2011
Ph.D. in Philosophy, University of Münster, 2008
M.A. in Political Science, New York University, 2007
M.A. in Philosophy, University of Münster, 2005
Zwishcenprüfung (B.A.), University of Münster, 2004
COURT ADMISSIONS
New York
PUBLICATIONS AND SPEAKING ARRANGEMENTS
Moderator, Frontiers in the Law Webinar series, FSU Institute of Law, Technology and Innovation
Host, Artificial Intelligence Forum, Washington D.C., April 2, 2024
Religionsfreiheit und Kindeswohl. Rechtsvergleichende Ueberlegungen zur Beschneidungsdebatte vom Sommer 2012 (Religious Freedom and the Best Interests of the Child. Comparative Legal Reflections on the Circumcision Debate of Summer 2012), Kinderethik – Aktuelle Perspektiven (Children’s Ethics – Current Perspectives), Johannes Drerup & Christoph Schickhardt (eds.), 2017
Libertärer Paternalismus. Entscheidungsarchitekturen in Theorie und Praxis (Libertarian Paternalism. Decision Architectures in Theory and Practice), Zeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie (Journal for Practical Philosophy), 2016
Von kleinen Stupsern und großen Schubsern – Politik und Ethik des Libertären Paternalismus auf dem Prüfstand (Of Little Nudges and Big Pushes - The Politics and Ethics of Libertarian Paternalism on Trial), Zeitschrift für Praktische Philosophie (Journal of Practical Philosophy), 2016
Choosing Not to Choose (Book Review), Educational Studies, 2015
Speaker, Civil Liberties in the Age of the Preventive State, Bard College New York, Dec. 4, 2014
Philosophische Ueberlegungen zum Luftsicherheitsgesetz (Philosophical Reflections on the Aviation Security Act), 2008
Blasphemy (Book Review), Bucerius Law Journal, March 2007
Selten Schlau (Rare brilliance), Die Zeit, January 11, 2006
HONORS & AWARDS
Fellow, Committee on Capital Markets Regulation
Fellow, Max Plank Society for Private International Law
100 Most Promising Germans Under 40
LANGUAGES
Native Speaker of English and German