St. Louis, Missouri, August 21, 2025 – Simon Law Attorneys and brothers John and Anthony Simon have been recognized by Best Lawyers as the 2026 “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective practice areas.
John G. Simon was recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” for Personal Injury Litigation – Plaintiffs in St. Louis and Anthony G. Simon is “Lawyer of the Year” for Patent Litigation.
Only a single lawyer in each practice area and designated metropolitan area is honored as the “Lawyer of the Year,” making this a significant and coveted accolade. These lawyers are selected based on particularly impressive voting averages received during the peer review assessments.
Receiving this designation reflects the high level of respect a lawyer has earned among other leading lawyers in the same communities and the same practice areas for their abilities, their professionalism and their integrity.
John G. Simon was first named “Lawyer of the Year” for Product Liability Litigation in 2015. He went on to win the title in 2016 for Mass Tort Litigiation/Class Actions, in 2018 for Personal Injury Litigation, in 2020 for Medical Malpractice Law, and in 2024 for Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions and Product Liability Litigation.
In addition to the “Lawyer of the Year” award, John G. Simon was also listed in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the following practice areas:
- Civil Rights Law
- Commercial Litigation
- Ethics and Professional Responsibility Law
- Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions – Plaintiffs
- Medical Malpractice Law – Plaintiffs
- Product Liability Litigation – Plaintiffs
Tony Simon was first named “Lawyer of the Year” for Patent Litigation in 2013 and went on to win the honor again in 2015, 2018, 2020 and 2024.
He was named “Laywer of the Year” for Intellectual Property Litigation in 2014, 2021 and 2024.
In 2023 he was named “Lawyer of the Year” for Antitrust Litigation, and in 2025 for Bet-the-Company Litigation.
In addition to the “Lawyer of the Year” award, Anthony G. Simon was also listed in the 2026 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® in the following practice areas:
- Bet-the-Company Litigation
- Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships)
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Antitrust
- Litigation – Intellectual Property
- Patent Law
- Qui Tam Law
For more than four decades, Best Lawyers has assisted those in need of legal services to identify the lawyers best qualified to represent them in distant jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Lawyers are not required nor allowed to pay a fee to be listed; therefore, recognition by Best Lawyers is considered a singular distinction.
About John G. Simon
During more than three decades of practicing law, John Simon has built a remarkable record of courtroom victories and incredible settlements for thousands of clients – oftentimes when the odds are not in his favor. The National Law Journal named the firm he founded in 2001 as one of the “winningest firms” in the U.S. In 20 recent months alone, John’s firm achieved four nine-figure verdicts totaling nearly $2 billion.
The firm now has more than 50 dedicated professionals, with a focus on plaintiff’s litigation including personal injury, product liability, medical malpractice, business litigation and class action cases.
John’s approach is simple: The client always comes first and prepare every case as if it’s headed to trial.
These principles have driven unparalleled success in the courtroom including record setting verdicts in multiple states. It has also inspired meaningful change across multiple industries and has helped Simon Law become known as the firm where cases become causes. John’s verdicts have held some of the largest corporations in the world accountable for their misconduct and shined a national spotlight on critical, often ignored industry safety issues.
John obtained his first nine-figure verdict in 2001. He represented a man who was severely injured after a multi-piece wheel he was assembling explosively separated. John demonstrated that the wheel design had a decades-long history of similar separations and uncovered corporate documents showing that the manufacturer knew about the dangerous design of its product for years. The jury awarded John’s client $105 million.
John represented the family of a man who was killed by a natural gas explosion which occurred while he was lighting his barbecue grill. John’s investigation showed that gas leaked from an underground corroded copper line and that this identical problem existed at thousands of other homes. The defendant gas company launched a replacement program which was monitored by the state public service commission.
John’s team also exposed an illegal underground industry involving nitrous oxide products intended for culinary use being sold to smoke shops to be inhaled and abused across the country. The case resulted in a $745 million verdict for the family of a young woman who was killed when a driver, high on nitrous oxide, struck and killed her.
John and his team also represented a 13-year-old girl who was raped at a behavioral health center that was supposed to keep her safe. The firm’s investigation revealed that the facility was dangerously understaffed and had chosen not to monitor its own safety cameras. The jury concluded that the attack should have been prevented and awarded $535 million – the largest such award in Illinois history.
John and his firm’s work on a trucking accident that left two young fathers dead uncovered decades of dangerous conduct within the trailer manufacturing industry. John’s investigation discovered manufacturers continuously putting profits over people which led to weakened underride guards, which are supposed to stop vehicles from sliding underneath the back of a trailer in a collision. The jury returned a $462 million verdict in favor of Simon’s clients. At the conclusion of that trial, the judge remarked to the jury that “you had some of the best lawyering we’ve ever seen in this courthouse”.
Many of his firm’s cases have made national news, with John’s work being quoted in USA Today, the New York Times, ProPublica, NBC Nightly News, Yahoo News, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Chicago Tribune and many others, compelling changes across industries and companies.
That’s what John means when he says his firm is where cases become causes.
John’s honors and awards reveal what John’s clients already know — he stands among the best litigators in the United States.
He was inducted into the Inner Circle in 2014, which is an exclusive organization of the Top 100 plaintiffs’ attorneys in the country. He is nationally ranked in Chambers USA and his colleagues and peers have voted him the #1 lawyer in Missouri Super Lawyers, an unprecedented seven consecutive years.
In 2025, Missouri Lawyers Media named John an Influential Lawyer of the Year, which is “awarded to the newsmakers – the Missouri lawyers who made substantial contributions to the legal community this year”. He is also a past president of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis.
John got his law degree from St. Louis University School of Law and has served as an adjunct professor of Trial Advocacy there for more than 25 years.
He and his wife Margie have been married since 1985 and have three children and seven grandchildren.
John’s work ethic began in his own childhood, waking up at 4 a.m. to help his father run the family’s produce stand at the Soulard Market in St. Louis. His father, an immigrant from Lebanon, inspired him with his extraordinary work ethic and charitable nature as he frequently donated food to those in need. Watching his parents raise 10 children while running a successful business instilled a deep respect for hard work and independence in John.
John has also served as a board member for Access Academies, which helps improve education in underserved communities. He currently serves on the board of St. Mary’s High School as well as Giddo Simon Ministries, a non-profit he and his siblings founded in memory of their father to provide fresh produce to those most in need.
About Tony Simon
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 passionately 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. Thanks to his dedication to the law and skillful application of its principles, he has stood against these industry giants and successfully protected the interests of his clients each time. He represents a uniquely diverse client base, which routinely includes both individuals and Fortune 500 companies.
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 powerful representation of his clients and 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, and has also been the St. Louis Patent Litigation Lawyer of the Year by U.S. News Best Lawyers in America® four years in a row. These awards simply demonstrate what we already know—that Tony is an attorney committed to the highest levels of practice, integrity, and results for his clients.
Tony is proud to represent his clients in multiple states across the nation, including Missouri, Texas, Illinois, New York, California, and more.
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