Ronald Simon
Simon & Associates
1707 N Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
DATE OF BIRTH:April 7, 1947
BAR ADMISSIONS:Massachusetts – 1973
Rhode Island - 1974
District of Columbia - 1977
EDUCATION:Harvard Law School – J.D.; June 1973
Harvard College – B.A.; June 1969
summa cum laude; Phi Beta Kappa
EMPLOYMENT:
PRESENT:SIMON & ASSOCIATESPhone: (202) 429-0094
1707 N Street, N.W.Fax: (202) 429-0075
Washington, D.C. 20036E-mail:
Practice specializing in complex tort & consumer litigation
GENERAL COUNSEL:
AMERICAN LEGION NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
CENTER FOR HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT, AND JUSTICE
BOARD OF DIRECTORS:
TULANE LAW SCHOOL – Environmental Law Clinic
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
1987 – 1996Senior Partner, CONNERTON, RAY & SIMON
1920 L Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 466-6790
Practice focused on complex toxic tort litigation
1979 – 1987 THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON COLLEGE OF LAW
440 MASSACHUSETTS avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20016
(202) 885-1500
Teaching included toxic arts, civil and administrative litigation,
Seminars on advanced civil litigation and direction of legal
writing.
1977 – 1979LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
733 15TH Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
Title: Director of Legal Training
1974 – 1977RHODE ISLAND LEGAL SERVICES, INC.
77 Dorrance Street
Providence, Rhode Island
Title: Director of Litigation and Training
1973 – 1974GREATER BOSTON LEGAL SERVICES
27 School Street
Boston, Massachusetts
Title: Attorney
1973 – 1974KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Title: Research Director and Writer
FOREIGN LANGUAGES:Spanish
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
“Medical Monitoring Claims” Federalist Society 2001
“Radiation Over-Exposure Claims”, Trial Magazine, January 1996, Vol. 32, No. 1
“Integrating Epidemiological Data into Risk Assessment”, American Journal of public Health, April 1995, Vol. 85 No. 4
“Peter Huber’s Phantom Scholarship”, The National Law Journal, April 25, 1994
“Some Answers to the Daubert Puzzle”, St. John’s Journal of Legal Commentary, November 1993
“High Court Throws out Rigid Rules excluding Scientific Evidence, Says Focus Must be on Methods, Principles”, Product Safety & Liability Reporter, The Bureau of national affairs, Inc., Vol 21, No. 30, Part II, Summer/Fall 1993
“Tort Litigation: A Goal, A Source of Polarization, and a Possible Tool for Prevention”, OccupationalHealth in the 1990’s Developing a Platform for Disease Prevention, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 572, 1989
“How to Win the Battle of the Experts”, Trial Magazine, October 1992, Vol. 28 No. 10
“Preparing Experts in Toxic Tort Cases” Trial Magazine, October 1989, Vol. 25, No. 10
“Managing Toxic Tort Litigation”, Trial Magazine, June 1987, Vol. 23, No. 6
CONTINUING PERIODICAL WRITINGS:
“Legal Corner”, Everyone’s Backyard, The Journal of the CCHW Center For Environment, Health, & Justice
“Know Your Legal Rights”, LaNacion, Washington, D.C. (a Spanish Language Newspaper)
COMMITTEES:
Vice Chair, ABA Committee on Veteran’s Rights
Chair, ATLA Committees on Law School Advocacy Materials, Constitutional Law, and Legal Affairs
AUTHOR AND EDITOR:
Newsletter of ATLA Section on Toxic, Environmental and Pharmaceutical Tort Litigation
CONSULTANT/TRAINING & TEACHING:
New York Attorney General’s Office
Federal Judicial Center
American College of Toxicology
ABA and ATLA Training on Environmental and Complex Litigation
American Conference of Governmental and Industrial Hygienists
American Public Health Association
New York Academy of Sciences
MEMBERSHIPS:
American Law Institute
American Conference of Governmental and Industrial Hygienists
New York Academy of Sciences
American Bar Association
Association of Trial Lawyers of America
MEMORANDA FILED IN U.S. SUPREME COURT: Concerning Scientific Evidence
Daubert v. Merrill Dow – Amicus Brief of Distinguished Scientists on the Significance of Peer Review
Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company v. Buckley Amicus Brief on Health Professionals in Support of The Need To Medically Monitor Workers Exposed to Carcinogens
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