Ms. Simone is an associate in the Financial Restructuring & Creditors’ Rights Group.
Ms. Simone brings to the Group valuable insight from her experience as a judicial term clerk for the Honorable Stacey L. Meisel in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey. Throughout her clerkship, Ms. Simone assisted in the drafting of legal opinions and orders, researched state and federal law in Chapter 7, 11, and 13 matters, and prepared memoranda on complex or unsettled legal issues before the court. Ms. Simone has a strong focus on understanding and interpreting the Bankruptcy Code, the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure, and the Local Bankruptcy Rules.
Her background also includes serving as a legal assistant in the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, Civil Forfeitures Unit.
Credentials
Education
Rutgers Law School (J.D.)
- Rutgers International Law and Human Rights Journal
University of Alabama (B.A.)
Professional Admissions
State of New Jersey
United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Judicial Clerkship(s)
Law Clerk to the Honorable Stacey L. Meisel, United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey, Newark, NJ, September 2024 – September 2025
Intern to the Honorable Robert M. Hanna, J.S.C., New Jersey Superior Court, Morris/Sussex Vicinage, Morristown, NJ, May 2022 – August 2022
Legal Employment
Legal Assistant, Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office, Hackensack, NJ, October 2023 – April 2024
Law Clerk, The Durkin Firm, LLC, Livingston, NJ, May 2023 – August 2023