Aaron Gordon is an associate with Schaerr | Jaffe LLP. Previously, he served as a law clerk to Justice Jimmy Blacklock of the Texas Supreme Court and Judge Don R. Willett of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Aaron graduated summa cum laude from Northwestern University, where he served as speaker of the Northwestern Political Union. His thesis studying the U.S. Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on economic liberty was awarded the Political Science Department’s 2017 Kenneth Janda Prize for Best Undergraduate Honors Thesis. Aaron subsequently earned his J.D. from Yale Law School, where he was a member of the Federalist Society and an editor of the Yale Law & Policy Review. As a law student, Aaron was part of the Advanced Appellate Litigation Clinic, where he drafted appellate briefs on behalf of prisoners in federal civil-rights cases. He also interned at the Office of the Texas Solicitor General and the New Civil Liberties Alliance. Aaron’s scholarship has appeared in such publications as the Yale Law Review and the N.Y.U. Journal of Law & Liberty, and was cited by the U.S. Supreme Court in West Virginia v. EPA.

Education

  • Yale Law School (J.D.)
  • Northwestern University (B.A.)

Clerkship

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Supreme Court of Texas

Admissions

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • Texas
  • District of Columbia

Schaerr | Jaffe files lawsuit against DHS on behalf of James A. Murphy

Earlier today, Schaerr | Jaffe filed a Freedom of Information Act complaint against the Department of Homeland Security on behalf of James A. Murphy.  Through this lawsuit, Mr. Murphy seeks documents in the possession of DHS regarding the identity of the creator of Bitcoin who used the pseudonym “Satoshi Nakamoto.” The […]

Oral Argument Presented in Bilyeu v. UT-Battelle

On February 6, 2025, Schaerr | Jaffe partner Brian Field presented oral argument in the Sixth Circuit on behalf of Appellants in Bilyeu v. UT-Battelle.  In this case, Appellants challenge UT-Battelle’s failure to provide reasonable accommodations to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. 

Schaerr Jaffe LLP Succeeds in Challenging $1 Million Punitive Damage Award for Client Mark Steyn

On March 4, 2025, the firm achieved a significant victory for author and commentator Mark Steyn.  A year ago, a jury in the District of Columbia returned a verdict finding that Mr. Steyn had defamed climate scientist Michael Mann in a blog post.  The jury awarded just $1 in nominal […]

Erik Jaffe Fights Anti-Semitism with Brandeis Center

The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law has assembled a team of nearly twenty lawyers and legal staff to litigate exclusively against anti-Semitism, and Erik Jaffe is among them. The Center for Legal Innovation (CLI) will use the law to combat all forms of anti-Semitism, including those […]