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Aaron J. Walayat

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Experienced Attorney and Former Federal Judicial Law Clerk Who Draws From A Wide Range of Knowledge and Experience To Craft Client-Focused Solutions.

Aaron is an associate with the Bankruptcy & Restructuring Group, where his practice focuses on creditors’ rights and insolvency for financial institutions and business entities. He is also an experienced civil litigator, having appeared before state, federal, and bankruptcy courts.

Before joining Tucker, Aaron was an inaugural judicial law clerk for the Hon. William S. Stickman IV of the United States District Court for Western District of Pennsylvania where he gained extensive legal research and legal writing experience.

Outside of his practice, Aaron is also an active legal scholar. He currently serves as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he taught courses on state constitutional law and legal philosophy. He is also a member of the adjunct faculty at Washington & Jefferson College. He has published over a dozen articles in law reviews and other academic journals and has presented his work at national and international academic conferences.

Aaron earned his J.D. from Emory University School of Law in Atlanta, Georgia. While at Emory, he was Assistant Managing Editor for Special Content for the Journal of Law and Religion. He graduated magna cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Washington & Jefferson College. As an undergraduate, he conducted independent research projects in the United Kingdom, Turkey, India, and China, among other places and studied abroad at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.

Presentations & Publications

  • “Gnostic Criminal Justice.” Author. Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics, and Public Policy Considerations. 2023.
  • “The Project of Law as a Rectification of Names.” Author. UIC Law Review. 2023.
  • Li and Law: A Qualified Comparison.” Presented to the Association of Chinese Philosophers in North America, 2023 Eastern Meeting of the American Philosophical Association. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 2023.
  • “John Adams’s Constitutionalism Today.” Presented to the University of St. Thomas Journal of Law and Public Policy “Constitutionalism” Symposium, University of St. Thomas School of Law. Minneapolis, Minnesota. 2022.
  • “The Process of Judging and the Rule of Law.” Co-Panelist. W. Edward Sell ’45 Legal Lecture, Washington & Jefferson College. Washington, Pennsylvania. 2022.
  • “China’s Alaskan Jurisprudence.” Author. UC Davis Journal of International Law and Policy. 2021.
  • “The Pennsylvania College Cases: 150 Years Later.” Author. Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly. 2021. “China’s Alaskan Jurisprudence.” Presented to the Asian Legal History Conference (Remote). July 24-25, 2021.
  • “The Project of Law as a Rectification of Names.” Presented to the Perspectives East and West International Summer School (Remote). August 9-14, 2021.
  • “Confucianism and Democracy: Four Models of Compatibility.” Co-Author. Journal of Chinese Humanities. 2021. “Legal Worlds and Legal Narratives.” Author. Balkan Journal of Philosophy. 2021.
  • “Adams and Jefferson: American Religion and the Ancient Constitution.” Author. Faulkner Law Review. 2020. “The Compatibility of Confucianism and Law.” Co-Author. Pace Law Review. 2020.
  • “A Case for Legal Potpourri: An Ode.” Author. The Green Bag. 2020.
  • “From Restraint to Obligation: Protection of the Environment in Armed Conflict.” Author. Charleston Law Review. 2020. “Religion: American and Human.” Author. Grove City College Journal of Law and Public Policy. 2020.
  • “Religion in China: An Economic Approach.” Author. Indonesian Journal of International and Comparative Law. 2020. “Arms Sales to Taiwan: An Act of Aggression?” Author. Australian International Law Journal. 2018.
  • “Religion in China: An Economic Approach.” Presented to the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion and the Religious Research Association. Las Vegas, Nevada. 2018.
  • “A Response to ‘Property and Christian Theology.’” Presented to the World Congress of Philosophy, Philosophy of Law Section. Beijing, China. 2018.
  • “More Than Little Brown Brothers: Resetting Relations with Traditional Allies.” Presented to the Asia Conference of the JHU School of Advanced International Studies. Washington, D.C. 2017.

Education

Emory University (JD),
  • Assistant Managing Editor for Special Content, Journal of Law and Religion
Washington & Jefferson College (BA)

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania

Office Location

  • Pittsburgh

Services

  • Bankruptcy & Restructuring
  • Commercial Litigation

Departments

  • Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Professional & Community Affiliations

  • Judith K. Fitzgerald Western Pennsylvania Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, Member

Education

Emory University (JD)
  • Assistant Managing Editor for Special Content, Journal of Law and Religion
Washington & Jefferson College (BA, magna cum laude)

Bar Admissions

Pennsylvania

Office Location

  • Pittsburgh

Services

  • Bankruptcy & Restructuring
  • Commercial Litigation

Departments

  • Bankruptcy & Restructuring

Professional & Community Affiliations

  • Judith K. Fitzgerald Western Pennsylvania Bankruptcy American Inn of Court, Member

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