Philip P. Simon

Judge Philip P. Simon

Personal

Birthday:

1962

Birthplace:

Pittsburgh, PA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1987-1990
Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Indiana, 1990-1997, 1999-2003; chief, Criminal Division, 1999-2003
Adjunct professor of law, Valparaiso University School of Law, 1996-1997, 1999-2000
Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Arizona, 1997-1999

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, September 26, 2008; no Senate vote

Education

Name of School:

University of Iowa

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1984

Name of School - Second:

Indiana University Maurer School of Law - Bloomington

For more than 150 years, the Indiana University School of Law has provided top-flight, transformative legal education. With just over 750 students, drawn from more than 100 undergraduate schools and from three continents, Indiana Law retains a distinctive sense of collegiality and community in the stimulating, cosmopolitan college town of Bloomington, Ind.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1987

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Northern District of Indiana

Court Name:

Indiana Northern District Court

President Nominating:

George W. Bush

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

3/27/2003