Anthony Simon Earns 11th Lawyer of the Year Award From The Best Lawyers in America®
By: Christine Byers | August 21, 2026
ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 20, 2026 – Simon Law attorney Anthony Simon has earned his 11th Lawyer of the Year distinction from The Best Lawyers in America.®
Simon has been recognized by Best Lawyers as a 2027 Lawyer of the Year in IP Litigation. The following is a list of his previous wins:
- St. Louis Lawyer of the Year, Patent Litigation 2026
- St. Louis Lawyer of the Year, Bet-The-Company Litigation 2025
- St. Louis Lawyer of the Year, Patent and IP Litigation 2024
- St. Louis Lawyer of the Year, Antitrust Litigation 2023
- St. Louis Lawyer of the Year, Intellectual Property Litigation 2014, 2021
- St. Louis Lawyer of the Year, Patent Litigation 2013, 2015, 2018, 2020
As the founding attorney of the Intellectual Property Group at Simon Law, Tony is the spearhead of our patent and business litigation and other intellectual property cases.
For more than two decades, he has committed himself to protecting the patents and intellectual property of clients all over the United States.
His opponents have included some of the largest companies in the world, including Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, and more.
Tony’s legal career is among the most prolific of any business litigation attorney. He has served as lead trial counsel in hundreds of patent, antitrust, copyright, trademark, and intellectual property cases nationwide.
He has tried cases in state, federal and appellate courts, as well as serving in preliminary and pretrial hearings. In addition to his lead counsel duties, he provides his specialized knowledge to claims across the nation as co‐counsel.
Due to his ability to secure favorable outcomes in IP cases, Tony has been honored by the legal community numerous times for many years running. He has been named to the Missouri & Kansas Super Lawyers® every year since 2010.
Tony is proud to represent his clients in multiple states across the nation, including Missouri, Texas, Illinois, New York, California, and more.
About Simon Law
Simon Law has earned national distinction as a result of its success in handling cases involving commercial litigation, catastrophic injuries and intellectual property. The firm has tried cases resulting in the highest verdicts in the state of Missouri and Illinois. Simon Law has been recognized as one of the “winningest firms” in the United States by The National Law Journal . Many of the cases handled by Simon Law have been reported by regional and national news media.
As a compliment to the firm’s growing national reputation for excellence, Simon Law is also a premier St. Louis personal injury, intellectual property and commercial and business litigation firm. The lawyers and staff help those people that have been affected or injured by dangerous products, environmental waste, prescription drugs, medical negligence and auto & vehicle accidents.
In addition to their victories in the courtroom, the attorneys of Simon Law serve as lecturers and teachers. They write articles for legal publications and they participate in professional development activities throughout the country.
The attorneys of Simon Law are dedicated to protecting their clients’ rights by clearly and persuasively presenting their clients’ cases to judges and juries across the country.
The firm also produces three podcasts to help educate those in the legal profession including Heels in the Courtroom, The Jury is Out and The Case Doctors. It also sponsors a local segment that features organizations doing good things in the community that can’t always afford to get the word out
about their work.
The firm is Where Cases Become Causes and it supports good causes
through donations, volunteering and publicity.
About Best Lawyers
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Media Contact:
Christine Byers
Simon Law Director of Marketing & Communications
cbyers@simonlawpc.com