Thomas J. Simeone

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Thomas J. Simeone was named one of the 500 leading Plaintiff lawyers in the United States by Lawdragon Magazine.  He is a member of both the Million Dollar Advocates Forum and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum, organizations whose membership is limited to attorneys who have recovered $1,000,000.00 or $2,000,000.00 or more, respectively, in a single case.  Mr. Simeone is one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Washington, D.C. as selected by the National Trial Lawyers Association.  He is also a Justice Fellow in the American Academy of Medical Experts and has an AV rating by Martindale-Hubble.

The Harvard Law Review described a class action settlement that Mr. Simeone negotiated as "historic." (Vol. 118, No. 5) and the federal judge in the case described the settlement as "groundbreaking."  Mr. Simeone was a featured speaker in a panel discussion on civil rights at the 20th International Convention held by Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People, an international advocacy group.

Mr. Simeone has appeared on Fox News as a legal commentator on numerous occasions.  He has also provided legal analysis for E! Entertainment's online website, as well as several other blogs and websites, regarding a variety of topics, including the legal issues regarding use of Facebook and other social media sites, the relationship between lawyers and accountants, and the criminal conspiracy allegations by actor Randy Quaid.

He appeared in the Washington Post in regard to the settlement of a federal class action suit brought on behalf of disabled persons.  He appeared on WJLA Channel 7 and Univision in regard to a wrongful death case he filed on behalf of two unarmed men who were shot by an off duty police officer.  He has also appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, ESPN.com, and TheSportingNews.com.  In 1999, Mr. Simeone was WUSA Channel 9's "Newsmaker of the Day" for a class action case he filed against PEPCO.  He has been interviewed by radio stations WMAL in Washington and WHPC-FM in New York and on cable television station CTV-15 in Washington.

Mr. Simeone is an Adjunct Professor of Law at The George Washington University Law School, where he teaches Trial Advocacy.  He is also a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Association of Attorney-Certified Public Accountants.

Mr. Simeone has served as lead trial counsel in several cases resulting in large jury verdicts and settlements, in both state and federal court, including class actions, automobile accidents, slip and falls, medical malpractice, product liability, employment law and civil rights. 

He is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts of the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia, as well as the United States Supreme Court.  He is also a member of the District of Columbia Trial Lawyers Association.

Mr. Simeone is a graduate of Columbia University School of Law, where he was named a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar in each of his three years of study.  While at Columbia, he published an article on New York child custody law in The Columbia Journal of Law and Social Problems and served as an editor of that journal.  He is currently Secretary of The Columbia Law School Association of Washington, D.C.

Mr. Simeone received his undergraduate degree from Syracuse University, where he was named to the Dean's List for 6 semesters, served on the School of Management's Dean's Advisory Board, and received the New York State Society of C.P.A.'s Career Placement Award.

After graduating from Syracuse, Mr. Simeone worked for Price Waterhouse, where his clients included USA Today, The National Gallery of Art, and The World Bank.

Before starting Simeone & Miller, Mr. Simeone was a partner at Cohen & Cohen and an associate attorney with Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge (now Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman) in Washington, D.C.  At Cohen & Cohen, Mr. Simeone supervised the firm's litigation practice and was lead trial attorney for a caseload of sophisticated personal injury and civil rights matters.  At Shaw Pittman, Mr. Simeone worked in the firm's litigation department on cases involving securities law, commercial litigation, criminal law, and energy law. 

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