The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Attorney Profile
Kevin P. Simmons
- Partner
- phone (516) 357-8100
- fax (516) 357-8112
- email ksimmons@sjslaw.com
Download vCard
Kevin Simmons' practice includes commercial litigation, labor and employment and product liability defense. He began his legal career at Davis Polk & Wardwell. He served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York. Mr. Simmons litigates extensively in the federal courts. He is certified as an Arbitrator by the National Association of Securities Dealers. Kevin has achieved an "AV" Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Rating, which is assigned to lawyers who have reached the height of professional excellence and who are recognized for the highest levels of skill and integrity.
Mr. Simmons successfully defended an international pharmaceutical company in a trial involving the "whistle blower" statute. He also won one of the largest judgments ever awarded by a National Association of Securities Dealers Arbitration Panel. Mr. Simmons has lectured on "Bad Faith Insurance Litigation."
Kevin Simmons graduated from Boston College (B.S. cum laude, 1973) and Fordham University (J.D. 1979) where he was Commentary Editor of The Fordham Law Review. Publications: "The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976: Giving the Plaintiff His Day in Court," 46 Fordham L.R. 543; "Admiralty Practice Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: A Trap for the Unwary," 12 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 1091.
- Areas Of Practice
- Commercial Litigation
- Banking Law
- Labor and Employment
- Product Liability Defense
- Certifications/Specialties
- Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers
- Bar Admissions
- New York, 1980
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1980
- Education
- Fordham University School of Law, New York, New York, 1979 J.D.
- Law Review: Commentary Editor, The Fordham Law Review
- Boston College, 1973 B.S.
- Honors: Cum Laude
- Published Works
- The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976: Giving the Plaintiff His Day in Court, 46 Fordham L.R. 543
- Admiralty Practice Under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: A Trap for the Unwary, 12 Journal of Maritime Law and Commerce 1091
- Classes/Seminars Taught
- Bad Faith Insurance Litigation
- Ethical Issues Arising Under Sarbanes Oxley
- Past Employment Positions
- Davis Polk & Wardwell
- Eastern District of New York, Assistant U.S. Attorney