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Aaron J. Walayat

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Aaron is an associate with the Insolvency and Creditor’s Rights Group.

He was a judicial law clerk for the Honorable William S. Stickman IV in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Prior to joining Tucker Arensberg, he worked for a general practice law firm focusing mainly on bankruptcy and general litigation matters.

A graduate of Emory University School of Law, Aaron interned for the Federal Trade Commission, the Office of the Georgia attorney General, and for a federal district judge in Georgia. He was also 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. He spent one semester at Lingnan University in Hong Kong.

He is active in legal scholarship and his work has been published in such publications as the Pace Law Review, the Charleston Law Review, and the Australian International Law Journal. He is currently an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and a member of the adjunct faculty at Washington & Jefferson College.

Presentations & Publications

  • “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

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

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