EDUCATION:

  • Bachelor of Arts with departmental honors – Union College, Schenectady, NY 1985 – cum laude departmental honors.
  • Juris Doctor – Hofstra University School of Law Long Island, NY 1988.

BAR ADMISSIONS:

STATE BARS:

  • New York – 1989; Connecticut – 1989; Georgia – 1991; Texas -2009; District of Columbia – 2018.

FEDERAL BARS:
Federal US District Courts:

  • US District Court, Eastern District and Southern District of NY – 1989; U.S. District Court D. Conn. 1999; U.S. Dist. Court W.D. Tex. and S.D. Tex. – 2017.

Federal statutory courts.

  • US Court of International Trade – 1992;
  • US Court of Claims -1992;

Federal US Courts of Appeal.

  • US Court of Appeals 1st Circuit – 2001; US Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit – 2017; US Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit – 2008;US Court of Appeals 4th Circuit – 2016; US Court of Appeals 5th Circuit – 2017.

ASSOCIATION MEMBER:

  • New York County Bar Association; Association of the Bar of the City of New York; ABA – health law section; Integrated State Bar of Georgia.

LANGUAGES:

  • English, Spanish, Romanian, Hebrew.

LECTURES AND AFFILIATIONS:

  • 2005-2018 – International Lyme and Associated Diseases – Lecturer on regulatory compliance and the license disciplinary process;
  • 2005-2019 – American College for Advancement of Medicine – lecturer and member of Board of Advisors
  • 2018 – Best Answer for Cancer – Lecturer on issues of complementary and alternative treatments of cancer.

BIOGRAPHY

Mr. Simon has been engaged in the practice of law with focus on litigation and trial work in courts of various jurisdictions and states since 1989.

By 1999 Mr. Simon’s practice shifted its focus towards the representation of health care practitioners and health care entities in governmental regulatory enforcement and regulatory compliance actions. Those actions included state and federal healthcare related investigations, formal and informal show compliance conferences and interviews and formal disciplinary actions and hearings conducted before a variety of administrative tribunals. The practice also assisted healthcare practitioners in defending against overzealous insurance companies in civil insurance fraud cases related to complementary and alternative medicine and anti aging healthcare services.

Currently, the practice still continues to represent all healthcare practitioners in all aspects of governmental compliance and licensing disciplinary matters with and expanded scope into preventative regulatory compliance audits and recommendations. Representation now includes preventive measures such as audits and compliance, practice structure and billing compliance as well as preliminary dispute handling vis a vis patients and state officials. Representation further entails handling of all stages of disciplinary proceedings from inception through court challenges, litigation, final agency disposition and court appeals. Services also include negotiation and completion of consent orders, supervision of implementation of the consent orders and post administrative action litigation, if such is necessary.

The unique legal approach to the industry’s particular disciplinary plagues are designed to save the practitioner’s license, livelihood and practice while preserving the practitioner’s reputation and integrity in the medical community as a whole as well as in the patient community. Preliminary meetings with prosecutors, post or mid litigation negotiation and preparation of consent orders on terms advantageous to the health care practitioner and avoidance of further prosecutions in other states where the practitioner holds a license are only some of the preventive measures offered by Mr. Simon’s practice.

Mr. Simon also focuses on emergency court interventions in the event of administrative raids and illegal searches and seizures and license summary suspensions. Praised by both judges and opposing attorneys including various state Assistant Attorneys General, Mr. Simon enjoys an excellent and solid national reputation in the legal community. Mr. Simon holds licenses to practice law in New York, Connecticut, Texas District of Columbia and Georgia. Mr. Simon’s healthcare legal services are highly in demand nationally. He represents clinics and healthcare individuals nationwide. In the jurisdictions where he does not posses a license Mr. Simon works with local counsel while strictly observing the local pro hac vice and out of state attorney representation rules of the bar or of the highest court of each state.