Meet Aaron Karger

We had the good fortune of connecting with Aaron Karger and we’ve shared our conversation below.

Hi Aaron, is your business focused on helping the community? If so, how?
So, I would like to think my firm’s social impact is direct and personal. As I have tried to build it on a foundation of answering only to clients, my conscience, and of course the law. Many of my clients have at one time had their very humanity stripped from them as victims of sexual assault or human trafficking. They were silenced and worn down by predators or by certain systems in which protected those predators. Because my firm is based in large part on this practice area, it allows me to dedicate most of my professional life to these types fights that I personally matter the most.

On a far lesser scale, I feel as though someone who has overcome a number of challenges in getting to the point I am professionally, I endeavor to bring that same defiant energy to people who have who have endured the unimaginable, and been told they have no power. This type of law practice I think is the most meaningful and purposeful work I could personally do.

What should our readers know about your business?
I think I ultimately fell into my practice area of law by function of the Great Recession. I had worked for a real estate developer prior to 2008 with the intention of becoming a real estate attorney and investor after law school. My plan changed sharply however, when the real estate market plummeted around the time I started law school, and the economy remained in distress up and through the time of my graduation. As a result, law firms were firing not hiring real estate attorneys. I decided to apply for a criminal prosecutor position at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office during my last year which was a long shot because neither criminal law nor litigation had been my concentration in school. I somehow got through several interviews and managed to get the job at the Miami-Dade SAO, where I gained valuable litigation and trial experience.

I started my own firm in August 2015 representing clients who have been seriously physically or psychologically injured due to negligent security (premises liability), auto accidents, wrongful death, or from intentional torts such as sexual assault and battery. I have achieved a number of significant financial recoveries for clients who have suffered both severe physical as well as emotional and psychological injuries from these types of cases, a number of which have been covered extensively in the media.

If you had a friend visiting you, what are some of the local spots you’d want to take them around to?
Bill Baggs State Park to rent kayaks or stand-up paddleboards, or just swim. Climb the historic Cape Florida Lighthouse. Lunch at the Cleat near the lighthouse. Or pizza at Sir Pizza on the Key. Relax in the afternoon at Crandon Park. Explore Biscayne National Park and guided boat tour to Stiltsville. In the evening, pizza at Fratessi’s then Adrienne Arscht for Broadway or symphony orchestra. Lots of outdoor stuff to do in Mia, if you know where to look!

Who else deserves some credit and recognition?
I thank my parents collectively for my success because I believe they all directly contributed in one way or another.

The book Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell, is one that I continuously read excerpts from as well as gift to friends. Outliers has provided me incredible insight, guidance, and solace from its premise that extreme challenges and apparent disadvantages can actually create opportunities that result in remarkable success. Put another way, some people who do remarkable things do so because of unusual circumstances and opportunities that are not available to everyone else, some of which first present as severe and overwhelming detriments.

Website: https://www.aak-law.com

Instagram: aaklaw

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaron-a-karger-8479096