Jeffrey B. Simon is a founding partner of SIMON GREENSTONE PANATIER, PC.  Jeffrey was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1993, and is licensed to practice law in Texas, California and New York.  An experienced and skilled trial attorney, Jeffrey has excelled at litigating toxic tort and pharmaceutical injury cases for many years after graduating from The University of Texas School of Law in 1993.  Prior to law school, Jeffrey graduated Phi Beta Kappa and Magna Cum Laude in 1990 from Colgate University, where he also played varsity tennis.

Jeffrey has repeatedly been recognized by his peers for his excellence in trial law.  He has been recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer in Texas Monthly Magazine each year for over fifteen years, and was the 2016 President of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association.  Jeffrey is a Past President of the Dallas Trial Lawyers Association (2013) and is a Fellow of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a distinction bestowed only upon those who have been lead counsel in a minimum of 25 cases tried to verdict.

Jeffrey and his firm represent 30 counties in the Texas MDL and will soon file cases on behalf of other Texas counties.  Jeffrey’s clients currently in the Texas MDL are:

County of Bee
County of Burnet
County of Cass
County of Cooke
County of Coryell
County of Dallas
County of Delta
County of Dimmit
County of Ector
County of Falls
County of Fannin
County of Freestone
County of Grayson
County of Hopkins
County of Houston
County of Kendall
County of Limestone
County of Marion
County of McMullen
County of Milam
County of Nacogdoches
County of Orange
County of Panola
County of Parker
County of Potter
County of Robertson
County of Shelby
County of Trinity
County of Van Zandt
County of Wood

PRACTICE AREAS
Pharmaceuticals
Mesothelioma/Asbestos
Toxic Torts
Products Liability
Commercial Litigation
Catastrophic Injury and Wrongful Death

EDUCATION
The University of Texas School of Law, Austin, Texas, 1993, J.D.
Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 1990, B.A. Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Major: History

COURT ADMISSIONS
State Bar of Texas (1993)
State Bar of New York (2005)
State Bar of California (2008)
USDC, Western District of Wisconsin (2012)

HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
D Magazine’sTop Lawyers Under 40 (2003  2004)
Texas Super Lawyer (2004  Present)
American Registry of Outstanding Professionals (2004  2007)
Texas Monthly, Top Attorneys in Texas (2006-2009, 2014-2016)
Listed in AM Law Daily  â€œWho Are the Top Plaintiff’s Lawyers?”
Chief Commissioner: Dallas County Special Civil Service Commission (2011-2013)
National Trial Lawyers Top 100 Trial Lawyers Award (2016)
America’s Top 100 Attorneys, Lifetime Achievement (2016)
Worldwide Registry of Executives and Professionals, Lifetime Achievement

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Texas Trial Lawyers Association, President (2016)
Dallas Trial Lawyers Association, President (2013)
American Board of Trial Advocates, Fellowship Member
American Bar Association, Member
Dallas County Bar Association, Member
American Association for Justice, Member
Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Member

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Dallas Holocaust Museum, Board Member (2011-2016)
The da Vinci School, Board Member (2012-2016)

CLASSES AND SEMINARS TAUGHT
Plaintiffs’ Asbestos Litigation Seminar (PALS) (2000-2016)
Asbestos Defense Cases, Mealey’s (2002  2003)
Page Keeton Civil Trial Conference (2005)
Perrin National Asbestos Litigation: Cutting Edge Issues in Asbestos Litigation Seminar (2009-2016)

PERSONAL
Jeffrey and his wife are blessed with 3 children: Jonah, Owen, and Savannah