Biography of Aaron J. Wolff
of Counsel to Cowan Kirk Gaston Law Firm
Aaron joined Cowan Kirk Gaston Law Firm in 2008 as of counsel after being a partner at the well-known Hayne & Wolff Law Firm in Bellevue. Raised in the Seattle area, he attended college at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. After graduating with honors from the Seattle University School of Law, Aaron became a DUI prosecutor for the cities of Kirkland and Tukwila. During his tenure as a prosecutor, he successfully prosecuted hundreds of DUI cases. For the past decade, Aaron has been in private practice representing people accused of DUI and other serious traffic offenses.
Aaron is a graduate of the National College of DUI Defense, the DRE Drug Evaluation classification overview program and is a NHTSA qualified administrator of the Standardized Field Sobriety Tests. Washington State utilizes the BAC Datamaster breath testing device manufactured by National Patent Analytical Systems in all DUI prosecutions. In 2004, Aaron completed the BAC Datamaster training program at National Patent’s Datamaster manufacturing facility in Mansfield, Ohio.
In 2007 and 2009, Aaron was a presenter at the annual DUI seminar where several hundred DUI practitioners throughout Washington attend. In 2007 he was featured in Washington State Law & Politics Magazine as “Who’s Who in DUI/DWI Law.” He served as co-chair of The 26th Annual Criminal Justice Institute which is a two day legal education conference sponsored by the Washington State Bar Association and attended by both prosecutors and defense attorneys.
Aaron is a member of the following organizations:
- The National College for DUI Defense
- Washington Foundation for Criminal Justice
- Washington Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
- Washington State Trial Lawyers Association
- Washington State Bar Association
- Citizens for Judicial Excellence (Executive Board Member and Treasurer)
- WSBA Criminal Law Section (Executive Board Member and Chair-Elect)
Married with two young sons and a baby girl, Aaron is very active in his community. In his free time, Aaron is an avid sports fan (basketball, golf and skiing) and also served as co-legal counsel to the grassroots organization “Save Our Sonics” in 2007 and 2008.
