The embattled University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark searched a year and a half for a new general counsel who could accept a major legal challenge while appreciating the school’s rich legacy. It found him a few blocks away. On May 21 the school named Lester Aron, 59, senior vice president and general counsel.
For 20 years Aron worked nearby, co-chairing the employment and labor practice group at the Newark law firm Sills, Cummis, Radin, Tischman, Epstein & Gross. Aron took the job with his eyes open, saying he has been watching the university’s struggle to reform itself since it reached a deferred prosecution agreement with U.S. Attorney Christopher Christie in December 2005. The school signed the agreement to avoid being indicted in a multimillion-dollar Medicaid fraud.
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