Aaron Halegua JD ’09
Lead Counsel for Plaintiffs\, Wang v. Gold Mantis Construction an
d Liu v. Wellmade Industries
Aaron Halegua leads a boutique litigation firm in New York Cit y focused on labor and employment litigation\, with particular experience r epresenting human trafficking and forced labor victims. In 2021\, he won $6 .9 million for seven Chinese construction workers trafficked to build a cas ino on the island of Saipan. As a result\, Aaron was named the Human Traffi cking Legal Center’s “Litigator of the Year” in 2021 and received the “Gran tee Hero Award” from the Impact Fund in 2023. Since then\, Aaron has repres ented dozens of Chinese\, Filipino\, and other immigrant workers in forced labor cases around the country\, including in New Mexico\, New York\, Georg ia\, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Since 2024\, Aaron has been a Co-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Committee on Immigration and Human Traffick ing. Aaron began his legal career as a Skadden Fellow and clerked at the So uthern District of New York. He speaks\, reads\, and writes Mandarin Chines e.
A light lunch will be provided.
*Location note: In past year s\, EALS talks were generally in Morgan Courtroom (Austin 308)\, but due to the construction project currently underway next to Austin Hall\, we will hold most EALS talks in Wasserstein Hall during the 2025-2026 academic year .
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