Profile
Aaron Winn defends clients in employment, privacy, and consumer class actions in federal and state courts across the country, including California, Arizona, Texas, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Maryland, New Hampshire, Ohio, West Virginia, Ohio, and Tennessee, among others.
At the trial court level, Aaron has obtained dismissals via motions to dismiss and summary judgment, has defeated class certification, and has successfully defended his clients at trial.
He has also successfully preserved clients’ wins and overturned adverse decisions in federal and state appellate courts across the country.
Concentrations
- Employment class actions, collective actions, and PAGA claims (of literally every variety)
- Privacy and data security claims
- Consumer class actions, including claims under the UCL, FAL, CLRA and similar statutes
- Landlord-Tenant class actions involving claims re late fees, security deposits, mold, elevators, water, etc.
תחומי התמחות
ניסיון מקצועי
- Mislabelling / False Representation Class Actions: Winn has defended clients in various industries from claims that their product labels were false or misleading.°
- Privacy Class Actions: Winn has defended clients against alleged violations of the TCPA and California Invasion of Privacy Act (CIPA).°
- Unfair Competition Class Actions: Winn has defended numerous clients from claims alleging unfair competition, misrepresentation, or fraud.°
- Employment Class Actions:California businesses have repeatedly asked Mr. Winn to defend them in putative class actions involving wage and hour issues, misclassification claims, donning and doffing disputes, expense reimbursement claims, independent contractor questions, and other employment-related claims.°
- Banking and ATM Class Actions: Winn has represented several banks and financial institutions in purported class actions alleging misrepresentations and statutory violations.°
- Real Estate Class Actions:Real estate developers have turned to Mr. Winn to defend them against misrepresentation, unfair competition, and breach of contract claims arising from condominium projects and infill subdivision developments.°
- Trade Secret Litigation:In addition to his class action experience, Mr. Winn has both prosecuted and defended trade secret misappropriation cases for clients in a host of industries, including the hospitality, medical device, food, energy, banking, consumer goods, and insurance industries.°
- Lanham Act / Patent Mismarking Claims: Winn defended an international consumer goods distributor against patent mismarking and Lanham Act claims.°
- Kelly v. Bay Area Toll Auth., No. A164532, 2025 WL 2267679 (Cal. Ct. App. Aug. 8, 2025), review denied (Oct. 29, 2025), (affirming order denying class certification in privacy class action) (counsel for respondent).
- Osuna v. Spectrum Sec. Servs., Inc., 111 Cal. App. 5th 516 (2025) (PAGA standing), review granted, (counsel for Respondent).
- Ascentium Cap. LLC v. Hi-Tech the Sch. of Cosmetology Corp., 558 S.W.3d 824 (Tex. App. 2018) (affirming dismissal of claims for lack of personal jurisdiction) (counsel for appellees)
- Lemaire v. Covenant Care California, LLC (234 Cal. App. 4th 860) (consumer class action re alleged violations of federal and state skilled nursing home regulations) (counsel for respondents).°
- Curtin v. Keenan (June 10, 2014, D064135) (reversing trial court's judgment re application of collateral estoppel doctrine) (counsel for appellants).°
- Shuts v. Covenant Holdco LLC (2012, 208 Cal. App. 4th 609) (reversing judgment in consumer class action) (counsel for appellants).°
- Bowers v. Raymond J. Lucia Companies, Inc. (2012, 206 Cal. App. 4th 724) (affirming $5 million judgment and clarifying rules governing binding mediation) (counsel for respondents).°
- Allen v. County of Stanislaus (9th Cir. 2012, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 14400) (reversing order of dismissal) (counsel for appellant).°
- Alvarado v. Equity Residential (May 25, 2012, B241451) (dismissing appeal) (counsel for respondents).°
- Miller v. Lifestyles Senior Hous. Managers (2010, 2010 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 6942) (affirming arbitration award in employment dispute) (counsel for respondents).°
- Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP v. Ferreira (2009, 2009 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 9342) (affirming trial court's judgment) (counsel for respondents).°
- Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps LLP v. Koch (2008, 162 Cal. App. 4th 720) (affirming arbitration award) (counsel for respondents).°
°The above representations were handled by Mr. Winn prior to his joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
הישגים ותפקידי מפתח
- Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation, 2023
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Labor & Employment
- Listed, National Law Journal, “Top 100 Hall of Fame”
- Listed, Super Lawyers magazine, San Diego Super Lawyers, 2016-2020
- “Rising Stars,” 2015
- Rated, AV Preeminent® 5.0 out of 5.0
°AV®, AV Preeminent®, Martindale-Hubbell DistinguishedSM and Martindale-Hubbell NotableSM are certification marks used under license in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell® certification procedures, standards and policies.
- Member, Federal Bar Association, 2003-Present
- Chair, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, San Diego Chapter, 2013-2020
- Member, Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 2008-2016
הכשרה מקצועית וכישורי שפה
השכלה
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J.D., cum laude, Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School
- Order of the Coif
- B.A., Brigham Young University
הסמכות
- California