Attorney Profiles

Rick Simons has been named one of "California's Top 100 Attorneys" by the Los Angeles Daily Journal. Rick was also named 2006 Attorney of the Year by California Lawyer magazine. He was elected 1998 President of The Consumer Attorneys of California by his fellow trial attorneys, and was the host of the nationally broadcast radio show "The Consumer Rights Network". In 2004, Mr. Simons was appointed "Plaintiffs' Liaison Counsel" in the Coordination Proceedings involving Northern California cases arising from sexual abuse of children by priests of the Roman Catholic Church and other clergy. Mr. Simons was co-counsel for more than 125 of those victims, and the work he did alongside other members of the legal team representing these abuse survivors has resulted in over $150 million dollars in settlements and awards. Mr. Simons has obtained large jury verdicts, arbitration awards, and settlements for dozens of clients in cases involving wrongful death, medical malpractice, injuries from defective products, and many other fields. He has worked as Attorney for Plaintiffs in cases decided by both the California Supreme Court and California Courts of Appeal, as well as being lead Counsel in trials in the United States District Court and the Superior Courts of many California counties. Mr. Simons is a graduate of the University of California and its nationally ranked law school, Boalt Hall (1976).

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