Kenneth O. Simon, Esquire

Christian & Small LLP
505 20TH Street North
Suite 1800
Birmingham, AL 35203-2696

Phone: 205-795-6588
Fax: 205-328-7234
Email: kosimon@csattorneys.com
Other URL http://www.csattorneys.com

- Appeals Judge, Gulf Coast Claims Facility for BP oil spill claims
- Mediated or arbitrated several hundred cases on a state-wide and regional basis, including Atlanta, Memphis, St. Louis, Oklahoma City and Sarasota
- Mediation and Arbitration Panelist, JAMS, Atlanta office
- Former Member, Alabama Supreme Court Commission on Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Adjunct Professor of Law, Cumberland School of Law: Alternative Dispute Resolution, 1999
- Former Arbitrator, National Association of Securities Dealers
- Certified Mediator, Joseph B. Stulberg Mediation Training Course
- Special Master, Fannie Wayne, et al. v. Monsanto, et al., Jefferson County Circuit Court (PCB litigation involving approximately 4,500 cases)
- Appeals Special Master, Tolbert, et al. v. Monsanto, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (PCB settlement involving approximately 18,000 claimants)
- Court Monitor in Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Alabama (monitored the local school board's compliance with federal guidelines under Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1964)
- Special Master in litigation involving a dispute between shareholders of a large private company
- Special Master in litigation involving the operators of a large gaming operation
- Special Master in pretrial matters involving litigation against several major cigarette manufacturers
- Receiver for investment firm sued by the SEC and distributed recovered funds to several hundred investors
- Receiver for nonprofit organization during litigation between several board members
- Receiver for shopping center during foreclosure proceedings initiated by lender
Best Lawyers in America, Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Member, Academy of Court Appointed Masters
- Member, National Academy of Distinguished Neutrals

Types of Cases Mediated
	Business	Civil (general)
	Commercial	Construction
	Contracts	Discrimination
	Employment	Environmental
	General Mediation	Insurance
	Medical	Organizational
	Partnership Dissolutions	Personal Injury
	Professional Malpractice	Securities
	Torts

MEMBER: 2011

Background Ken Simon has more than 30 years experience as a judge and litigator. After law school graduation in 1979 he began his career in a litigation firm in Mobile, Alabama. In 1983, he was one of 13 people named as White House Fellow and served as a Special Assistant to Attorney General William French Smith. In that position, Mr. Simon worked for the Attorney General and his Chief of Staff, working directly with assistant attorneys general, bureau directors, and other senior Department of Justice officials.

Ken has extensive experience in representing public agencies and their boards in contractual, litigation, employment, insurance, bond issuance, transactional, personnel law, and other matters. He also represents private parties in their dealings with governmental commissions and agencies. Among other things, for many years he led the firm's representation of the Birmingham-Jefferson County Transit Authority. Ken also represented the Personnel Board of Jefferson County for several years in matters including general and administrative litigation, employment, and quasi-judicial matters.

Additionally, he has represented numerous public agencies in bond transactions, serving as co-bond, underwriter's and Authority counsel in various transactions, including the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center's refinancing of more than $80 million of its outstanding bonds, the issuance of more than $200 million in debt securities by the State of Alabama, and the issuance of millions of dollars in debt securities by the Alabama Public Finance Authority, the Alabama Water Pollution Control Authority, the Alabama Public School & College Authority, the State Industrial Development Authority, and the Alabama Corrections Institution Finance Authority.

Mr. Simon has also represented the interests of private entities in connection with various matters before public agencies and governments. In 1999 he served as Chairman of the Governor's Tort Reform Advisory Committee. As a result of his work in advising and representing public agencies and private entities, Mr. Simon has been named Best of the Bar in Governmental Relations by the Birmingham Business Journal.

Later, as an Assistant Director and Branch Chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's Division of Enforcement in Washington, D.C., Mr. Simon supervised investigations of possible violations of the federal securities laws. Since coming to Birmingham in 1989, Mr. Simon has served as a trial court judge in Jefferson County, the states largest judicial district, and has developed a reputation as a skilled litigator, mediator/arbitrator, and advisor to public agencies. Mr. Simon has also contributed to the Birmingham community through service on the boards of numerous charitable organizations.

Education/Training University of South Alabama, 1976, B.A.
University of Alabama School of Law, 1979, J.D.

Practicing in Alabama