Aaron Halegua, PLLC is a law firm based in New York City that practices in the areas of employment law and general litigation. The firm has a particular focus on matters involving China, Chinese entities, or Chinese individuals. Aaron Halegua is the founding member of the firm. He began his legal career as a Skadden Fellow and has since litigated cases involving a wide range of issues, including forced labor and human trafficking, wage and hour violations, discrimination, retaliation, wrongful death, and terrorist financing. He also routinely represents employees in severance and other negotiations with their current or former employers.
Aaron's groundbreaking litigation work and advocacy have been widely recognized. In 2021, he was named the "Litigator of the Year" by the Human Trafficking Legal Center in Washington, D.C. In 2023, he received the Grantee Hero Award from the Impact Fund based in Berkeley, California. Since 2024, Aaron has been a co-chair of the American Bar Association's committee on human trafficking.
Aaron is also an affiliated scholar of NYU Law School and research associate with Oxford University. He has published numerous book chapters, articles, op-eds, and policy reports on U.S. and international labor rights issues; presented his work throughout the U.S., Asia, and Europe; and consulted widely for international organizations, foundations, and non-profits across the globe.
Aaron holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and an A.B. in International Relations from Brown University. He lived in China for several years and speaks, reads, and writes Mandarin Chinese.