Jessica Simon

Partner at Hemar, Rousso & Heald, LLP

Speaker

Jessica Simon is a Partner at the Los Angeles based Commercial Litigation and Bankruptcy law firm of Hemar, Rousso & Heald, LLP and is a seasoned attorney with fifteen years of experience representing creditors in local and national high level bankruptcy cases.

Jessica Simon’s practice focuses on distressed debt and insolvency matters, with substantial experience advising clients, including commercial landlords, lenders, financial institutions and asset managers, on restructuring, out-of-court-workouts, liquidations, collateral recovery and receiverships, executory contract and unexpired leases, contract disputes, nonjudicial and judicial foreclosures, and bankruptcy risks involving secured and unsecured debt. She also has experience representing clients in insolvency matters involving distressed digital assets, and has represented various commercial entities in arbitration and mediation.

Ms. Simon has served as a panelist at Innovating Commerce Serving Communities (ICSC) conferences and previously served on the Insolvency Law Committee of the Business Law Section of the State Bar of California. She is a member of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC).

Ms. Simon received her undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, where she graduated with class honors, and she earned her law degree from American University, Washington College of Law, D.C., where she graduated cum laude. She subsequently clerked for the Honorable David A. Ezra, United States District Court, District of Hawaii and the Honorable Mary Ellen Barbera, Maryland Court of Special Appeals.

Ms. Simon is an active member of the California and Hawaii bars.