Aaron R. Wegrzyn - Milwaukee, WI

Awards and Honors

Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois, 2013
    J.D.
    Law Review: University of Chicago Law Review, Book Review and Essays Editor, Volume 80

• Non Legal Education

  • Marquette University, 2010
    B.A.
    Honors: magna cum laude
    Major: Economics, English, and History

Past Positions

• Law Clerk, Honorable Michael B. Brennan, US Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit

Classes and Seminars

• “Parties: Joinder of Parties and Claims, Third-Party Practice, and Class Action Procedure,” Wisconsin Civil Procedure Before Trial (7th ed. 2021), State Bar of Wisconsin
  
• “7th Circ. Ruling Highlights Continuing BIPA Questions,” Law360 Expert Analysis (Jan. 27, 2021)
  
• “5 Article III Takeaways From 7th Circ.’s FDCA Ruling Frenzy,” Law360 Expert Analysis (Dec. 22, 2020)
  
• “Ninth Circuit Rules That the Class Action Fairness Act Cannot Cure Jurisdictional Defects in Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act Claims,” National Law Review (July 30, 2020)
  
• “Top Eight Action Items for Educational Institutions to Avoid, Prepare for, and Resolve COVID-19 Class Actions,” National Law Review (May 22, 2020)
  
• Presentation: Wisconsin’s New Class Action Statute, Milwaukee Bar Association, May 4, 2018
  
• “A Primer: Wisconsin’s New Class Action Statute,” Wisconsin Lawyer Vol. 91, No. 4 (Apr. 2018)
  
• “Wisconsin Supreme Court Addresses Expert Testimony Under Daubert,” National Law Review (Feb. 9, 2017)

Pro Bono Activities

• Chair, Governance Committee, Board of Directors, Betty Brinn Children’s Museum
• Volunteer Attorney, Legal Action of Wisconsin Volunteer Lawyer Project
• Represented disadvantaged children and low-income individuals before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, and the Milwaukee County Circuit

Representative Cases

• Toney-Adkins v. Pioneer Credit Recovery, Inc., No. 1:19-cv-06868 (N.D. Ill. Sept. 15, 2021)
• Schuster v. Sallie Mae Bank, No. JKB-18-3587, 2019 WL 4600652 (D. Md. Sept. 23, 2019)
• Thomas v. Navient Solutions, Inc., No. 2:17-cv-12232, 2018 WL 3141946 (E.D. Mich. June 27, 2018)
• Dawson v. Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc., No. 15-cv-475-jdp, 2022 WL 1641143 (W.D. Wis. May 24, 2022)
• In re Pharmacy Benefit Managers Antitrust Litigation, No. 06-1782, 2017 WL 275398 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 18, 2017)
• Flynn v. FCA US LLC, 39 F. 4th 946 (7th Cir. 2022)
• BPP v. CaremarkPCS Health, L.L.C., 53 F.4th 1109 (8th Cir. 2022)
• Sanimax USA LLC v. Village of DeForest Board of Zoning Appeals, 373 Wis. 2d 767 (Ct. App. 2017)

Bar Admissions

• Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court Northern District of Illinois
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Wisconsin
• U.S. District Court Western District of Wisconsin
• U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit
• U.S. Supreme Court