Mr. Simon received his B.A. degree from the University of Michigan, with distinction, and J.D. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law, where he was a member of the Order of the Coif. Mr. Simon is licensed to practice law in Ohio and Kentucky, and he has argued cases before the Ohio First District Court of Appeals and U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has regularly been recognized as an Ohio “Super Lawyer” since 2009.
Mr. Simon has spent his entire career practicing in the area of labor and employment law. His practice is exclusively devoted to the representation of individuals in employment-related disputes and litigation, which includes matters involving the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, wrongful discharge, and claims of discrimination based on age, race, sex and pregnancy, among many other types of claims.
Mr. Simon is a Co-Chair of the Cincinnati Employment Lawyers Association. He previously served for many years as the Chair and Vice-Chair of the Cincinnati Bar Association’s labor and employment practice group. Mr. Simon regularly speaks to local groups and associations on the subject of employee’s legal rights and responsibilities, and he served as Chapter Chair for two chapters of the American Bar Association treatise, Employment Discrimination Law, Lindemann & Grossman (4th Ed. 2007).