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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | John Simmons |
| Address | 15 Pinebrook Court
Edwardsville, Illinois , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
July 06, 1968
(55 years)
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| Contributor | Not in Public Domain |
| Last Modifed | Not in Public Domain
May 23, 2003 02:15pm |
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| Info | John Simmons grew up in Southern Illinois. He was honorably discharged in 1988 from the U.S. Army where he served as a combat engineer. While serving in the Army, John was awarded the Army Good Conduct Medal and the Expert Badge for Rifle and Grenade. He then entered Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville where he made his mark as Student Body President and earned a position in the Dean's College.
From SIU he entered Southern Methodist University School of Law in Dallas, Texas. After graduating law school, John practiced for two years in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1996, he returned home and then joined a local firm where he eventually was appointed head of the asbestos litigation.
Since opening The Simmons Firm, LLC, John has been joined by former judge Randall A. Bono, attorney and long time friend Marcus E. Raichle, Jr., attorney S. Martin Jansky and attorney Jeffrey S. Cooper. John is a member of the American Trial Lawyers Association, the Illinois Trial Lawyers Association, and the state bar associations of Illinois, Georgia and Florida.
John is married with four children. He has always been active in the community. He is currently on the Executive Board of the United Way Partnership, a member of the East Alton Rotary, and he sits on the Board of the Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Alumni Association.
Simmons made his fortune representing workers who develop cancer after exposure to asbestos. In March, a jury awarded $250 million to a retired steelworker Simmons' firm represented in a case against U.S. Steel Corp.
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