Background
Simon, John Bern was born on August 8, 1942 in Cleveland. Son of Seymour Frank and Roslyn (Schultz) Simon.
Simon, John Bern was born on August 8, 1942 in Cleveland. Son of Seymour Frank and Roslyn (Schultz) Simon.
University of Wisconsin-Madison (Bachelor of Science, 1964). De Paul University (Juris Doctor, 1967). Member, De Paul Law Review, 1967.
Assistant United States.
Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1967-1974 and Chief, Civil Division, 1971-1974, United States. Department of Justice.
Honors Program, 1968. Special Counsel to Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid, 1974 1975.
Consultant, Commission on the Review of the National Policy Toward Gambling, 1975-1976.
Chairman, Law Council, De Paul University, 1975- 1979. President, De Paul University Law Alumni Board, 1984-1985. President, De Paul University Alumni Association, 1985-1987.
Chairman, Special Gifts Committee, since 1986.
Member, DePaul University Board of Trustees, since 1990. Special Consultant to Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States.
Department of Justice, 1976-1977. Counsel, Illinois Governor's Revenue Study Commission on Legalized Gambling, 1977.
Special Counsel, Illinois Racing Board, 1979-1980.
Member, Village of Glencoe Zoning Board of Appeals, 1981-1986. Chairman, 1984-1986: President, Glencoe Historical Society, 1979-1982. Member, Glencoe School Board Nominating Committee, 1978-1981 and Chairman, Rules Committee, 1980-1981.
Director, Chicago World’s Fair—1992 Authority, Member Executive, Intergovermental, Vice Chairman, and By-Laws Committees, 1983- 1985.
Member, Special Commission on the Administration of Justice in Cook County, Chancery Division Task Force, since 1985.
Worked at Jenner & Block (Chicago, Illinois) specializing in Corporate Law, Governmental Relations Law, Civil Litigation, Public Finance. Admitted to the bar, 1967, Illinois. 1968, United States. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
1967, United States.
District Court, Northern District of Illinois including Trial Bar. Member, De Paul Law Review, 1967. Assistant United States.
Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1967-1974 and Chief, Civil Division, 1971-1974, United States.
Department of Justice. Honors Program, 1968.
Special Counsel to Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid, 1974-1975. Consultant, Commission on the Review of the National Policy Toward Gambling, 1975-1976.
Chairman, Law Council, De Paul University, 1975-1979.
President, De Paul University Law Alumni Board, 1984-1985. President, De Paul University Alumni Association, 1985-1987. Chairman, Special Gifts Committee, 1986-1990.
Member, 1990and Vice Chair, 1995, De Paul University Board of Trustees.
Chair, Plant and Physical Property Committee, 1992-1995. National Chair Foreign Annual Giving, 1991-1994.
Chair, Advancement Committee, 1995. Chair, Simon Commission, 1990-1991.
Special Consultant to Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States.
Department of Justice, 1976-1977. Counsel, Illinois Governor"s Revenue Study Commission on Legalized Gambling, 1977. Special Counsel, Illinois Racing Board, 1979-1980.
Commissioner, Illinois Racing Board, 1990.
General Trustee, Lincoln Academy, 1993. Member, Illinois Supreme Court Planning and Oversights Committee for a Judicial Performance Evaluation Program, 1997.
Member, Village of Glencoe Zoning Board of Appeals, 1981-1986. Chairman, 1984-1986. President, Glencoe Historical Society, 1979-1982.
Member, Glencoe School Board Nominating Committee, 1978-1981 and Chairman, Rules Committee, 1980-1981.
Director, Chicago World"s Fair1992 Authority, Member Executive, Intergovernmental, (Vice Chairman) and By-Laws Committees, 1983-1985. Member, Special Commission on the Administration of Justice in Cook County, Chancery Division Task Force, 1985. Lecturer: De Paul University College of Law, 1978, 1981.
United States.
Attorney General"s Advocacy Institute, Washington, District of Columbia, 1974. Lecturer, National Conference on Organized Crime, Washington, District of Columbia, 1975. Member of Faculty, Cornell Institute on Organized Crime, Ithaca, New York, 1976.
Chicago Bar Association Antitrust Symposia, 1977, 1981.
Faculty, Practising Law Institute, Chicago, Illinois, 1984. Recipient, Judge Learned Hand Human Relations Award, 1994.
Member: Chicago (Member, Board of Managers, 1987-1988. Chairman, House Committee, 1989-1990.
Treasurer, 1990-1991.
Second Vice President, 1991-1992. First Vice President, 1992-1993. President, 1993-1994.
Member, Federal Civil Procedure Committee, 1979.
Secretary, 1983, 1984. Vice Chairman, 1984-1985, Chairman, 1985-1986.
Committee on Evaluation of Candidates, 1982-1986. Special Committee on the Bicentennial of the United States.
Constitution, 1986-1987), Illinois State, Federal and American (Member, Committee on Liaison with Federal Judiciary, 1983) Bar Associations.
Member, De Paul Law Review, 1967. Assistant United States. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois, 1967-1974 and Chief, Civil Division, 1971-1974, United States.
Department of Justice.
Honors Program, 1968. Special Counsel to Director, Illinois Department of Public Aid, 1974-1975.
Consultant, Commission on the Review of the National Policy Toward Gambling, 1975-1976. Chairman, Law Council, De Paul University, 1975-1979.
President, De Paul University Law Alumni Board, 1984-1985.
President, De Paul University Alumni Association, 1985-1987. Chairman, Special Gifts Committee, 1986-1990. Member, 1990and Vice Chair, 1995, De Paul University Board of Trustees.
Chair, Plant and Physical Property Committee, 1992-1995.
National Chair Foreign Annual Giving, 1991-1994. Chair, Advancement Committee, 1995.
Chair, Simon Commission, 1990-1991. Special Consultant to Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States.
Department of Justice, 1976-1977.
Counsel, Illinois Governor"s Revenue Study Commission on Legalized Gambling, 1977. Special Counsel, Illinois Racing Board, 1979-1980. Commissioner, Illinois Racing Board, 1990.
General Trustee, Lincoln Academy, 1993.
Member, Illinois Supreme Court Planning and Oversights Committee for a Judicial Performance Evaluation Program, 1997. Member, Village of Glencoe Zoning Board of Appeals, 1981-1986.
Chairman, 1984-1986. President, Glencoe Historical Society, 1979-1982.
Member, Glencoe School Board Nominating Committee, 1978-1981 and Chairman, Rules Committee, 1980-1981. Director, Chicago World"s Fair1992 Authority, Member Executive, Intergovernmental, (Vice Chairman) and By-Laws Committees, 1983-1985.
Member, Special Commission on the Administration of Justice in Cook County, Chancery Division Task Force, 1985.
Children: Lindsey Helaine, Douglas Banning.