John S. Simmons

Government, Mediation
1711 Pickens Street, P.O. Box Five
Columbia, South Carolina 29202


Government

Admitted

1987, South Carolina; 1989, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit and U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina

Law School

University of South Carolina, J.D., 1987

Law School Graduation Year

1987

College

University of South Carolina, B.A., 1984

Memberships

Richland County Bar Association; South Carolina Bar; South Carolina Criminal Defense Lawyers Association; Association of Former United States Attorneys; National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys; Association of Trial Lawyers of America; South Carolina Trial Lawyers Association.

Biographical

Order of the Coif; Order of Wig and Robe. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Award in Creditors and Debtors Rights; J. Woodrow Lewis Appellate Advocacy Award. Member, South Carolina Law Review, 1986-1987. Law Clerk to Hon. William W. Wilkins, Jr., U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit, 1987-1989. Instructor, Southern Environment Enforcement Network Advanced Prosecution Course, 1994. Assistant U.S. Attorney and Criminal Division Deputy Chief for White-Collar and Environmental Crime, 1990-1992. U.S. Attorney, District of South Carolina, 1992-1993. Chief, State Grand Jury, South Carolina Attorney General, 1995-1996. Attorney General's Advisory Subcommittee on Financial Litigation and Organized Crime, 1992-1993. Member, U.S. District Court Advisory Group for Civil Justice Reform, 1992-1993. Commissioner, South Carolina Ethics Commission, 1993-1996. Author: Environmental Crimestoppers, Business & Economic Review, December, 1992. Co-Author: Environmental Crimes and Corporate Liability, South Carolina Bar, 1993; Federal Environmental Crimes, South Carolina Lawyer, May/June, 1993.

Military

Capt., S.C. Army National Guard, 1990-1995