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Bruce L. Simon - San Francisco, CA
44 Montgomery StreetSuite 2450 San Francisco, CA 94104 - 4701
Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP
San Francisco Antitrust Consumer Fraud Lawyer
Overview
Bruce L. Simon has led Pearson, Simon & Warshaw, LLP to national prominence.Mr. Simon specializes in complex cases involving antitrust, consumer fraud and securities. He has served as lead counsel in many business cases with national and global impact.
In 2013, Mr. Simon was chosen as one of the Top 100 attorneys in California by the Daily Journal.He received a CLAY award from California Lawyer magazine as one of the attorneys of the year for his work in the In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation trial and settlements. and was also selected as one of the seven finalists for Consumer Attorneys of California’s Consumer Attorney of the Year award.Mr. Simon was included in the Top 100 for Super Lawyers, and has been selected as a Super Lawyer ten years in a row.He also received a Trial Lawyer Excellence award in Chicago from the Law Bulletin for the settlement reached in In re Potash Antitrust Litigation (II).He has attained Martindale-Hubbell's highest rating (AV) for legal ability and ethical standards.
Mr. Simon was co-lead class counsel in In re TFT-LCD (Flat Panel) Antitrust Litigation, a case where he and the firm obtained $473 million in settlements. He was also co-lead trial counsel in that case and obtained an $87 million jury verdict before trebling.TFT-LCD is considered to be one of the largest antitrust MDL class actions in the United States.
Mr. Simon was also co-lead counsel in In re Potash Antitrust Litigation (II), a case which challenged a decades old international cartel that controlled one of the primary ingredients in fertilizer.The case resulted in $90 million in settlements for the direct purchasers.Before the case settled, a panel of the Seventh Circuit reversed the trial court’s upholding of the complaint.However, the Seventh Circuit later granted plaintiffs’ counsel’s en banc petition.The en banc panel issued a unanimous 8-0 decision denying the defendants’ motion to dismiss.The opinion issued by the Court is one of the most significant decisions regarding the scope of international antirust conspiracies.
Mr. Simon also recently represented a generic brand drug company in an individual case alleging that the brand name manufacturer had filed false citizens petitions to delay the entry of the generic drug unto the market.The case resulted in a significant confidential settlement right before trial.
Current Cases:
Mr. Simon currently serves as co-lead counsel or on the executive committee in the following cases:
·In re Lithium Ion Batteries Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal.)
·In re Carrier IQ, Inc., Consumer Privacy Litigation (N.D. Cal.)
·In re Optical Disk Drive Products Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal.)
·In re Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) Antitrust Litigation (N.D. Cal.)
Reported Cases:
·Minn-Chem, Inc. et al. v. Agrium Inc., et al., 683 F.3d 845 (7th Cir. 2012)
About Bruce L. Simon
Current Employment Position(s)
- Partner
Practice Areas
- Antitrust Consumer Fraud
- Consumer Fraud
- Complex Cases
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- California, 1980
- Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1985
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1980
- U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit, 2010
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1992
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1992
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1992
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California
Other Affiliations
- California State Bar Antitrust Section (Past Chair)
- California State Bar Unfair Competition Section (Past Chair)
- American Association for Justice, Business Torts Section (Past Chair)
- Hastings College of the Law (Board of Directors)
- ABA Antitrust Section Plaintiffs Task Force (Co-Chair)
- ABA International Cartel Workshop (Steering Committee)
- Business Torts Section of the American Trial Lawyers Association (Past Chair)
- Cambridge Antitrust Forum
- Public Justice Foundation
- Bar Association of San Francisco
Classes and Seminars
- Lecturer, "Accountants' Liability,", San Jose State University Business School, 1990 - 1992
- Lecturer, "Current Issues in Accountant Liability,", Santa Clara County Bar Business Litigation Section, 1990 - Present
- Lecturer, "Coming to Grips With the Complex Commercial Case,", California Trial Lawyer Association Annual Tahoe Seminar, 1992 - Present
- Continuing Education of the Bar 13th Annual Development Program, 1996 - Present
- Lecturer, "The Use of Video Depositions,", CSPA SF Chapter CPE Extravaganza, 1996 - Present
- Lecturer, "Products Liability," ALI-ABA Course, Consumer Attorneys of California, 1996 - Present
- "Legal Technology You Must Know to Practice Law in the 21st Century,", San Mateo County Bar Association, 1996 - Present
- Lecturer, "The Use of Technology in Depositions and Trial,", Western Trial Lawyers Association, 1997 - Present
- Lecturer, "Handling the Financial Fraud Case,", 1998 - Present
- Lecturer, "Indirect Purchaser Actions and Class Certification,", ATLA Annual Seminar, 2001 - Present
- Lecturer, "What Makes a Good Expert Witness,", Business Valuation Roundtable, San Francisco, 2001 - Present
- Panelist, Litigation Section, Bar Association of San Francisco
- Panelist, Litigation Section, San Francisco Chapter of the California Society of CPAs
- "The Accounting Profession on Trial: Bily and Beyond,", American Inns of Court, 1993 - Present
- "The Leadership Challenge: Practical Applications for the Trial Lawyer,", 1993 - Present
- "Advanced Course on Products Liability Litigation", 2000 - Present
- "A Primer for Trial Lawyers - Antitrust Actions, A New Look,", Montana Trial Lawyers Association, 2000 - Present
- "Antitrust and the New Economy,", Association of Business Trial Lawyers, 2000 - Present
- "B&P Code Section 17200 Claims and What They Mean To You", Consumer Attorneys of California, 2002 - Present
- "Fresh Perspectives on Class Action Litigation in the Wake of the Class Action Fairness Act and Proposition 64,", California State Bar 13th Annual Golden State Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Institute, 2005 - Present
- "The Class Action Fairness Act of 2005: An Overview,", American Bar Association Brown Bag Seminar, 2005 - Present
- "The International Cartel Workshop,", American Bar Association International Forum, 2004 - 2006
Education
- University of California College of the Law, San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), San Francisco, California, 1980
Law Journal: Communication and Entertainment Law Journal of the Hastings College of Law, Contributor, 1979 - 1980 - University of California, Berkeley, California, 1977
A.B.
Major: Political Science
Articles
Published Works
- Co-Author, California Unfair Competition and Business Torts, Matthew Bender Practice Guide, 2004
- Trial Strategies, Practicing Law Institute and California Continuing Education of the Bar
- Practicing Law Institute Practice
- "Malicious Prosecution and Abuse of Process," Bancroft Whitney's California Civil Practice, Torts, Chap. 19
- "Class Certification in Unfair Business Practices Cases", California Antitrust Law
- Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section, State Bar of California, 2002
- "Cutting Edge Issues in Unfair Competition Law-What you Must Know," Antitrust and Unfair Competition Law Section, State Bar of California, May, 2003
- "Class Certification in Competition and Consumer Protection Cases," Treatise Chapter, Unfair Competition Law Section, State Bar of California, 2003
- Class Action for Health Professionals, chapter from Advocacy Strategies for Health and Mental Health Professionals, Springer Publishing Company, 2011
- The Collaboration Between Public Entities and Private Counsel: Prosecuting Cases that Otherwise Might Not Be Brought, Competition, Vol. 19, Issue 2, 2010
- Strategies for Contending with the Continued Decline in Civility in the Legal Profession, Consumer Attorneys of California, Galine Hawaii Seminar, 2010
Office Information
Address
44 Montgomery StreetSuite 2450 San Francisco, CA 94104 - 4701
Phone
Fax
- 415-433-9008
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- 2022 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2021 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2020 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Northern California Super Lawyers list
- 2018 Northern California Super Lawyers list
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- 2016 Northern California Super Lawyers list
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- 2004 Northern California Super Lawyers list
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