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Timothy J. Simeone

Education
- University of Chicago Law School, J.D.
- Middlebury College, M.A.
- Harvard College, B.A.
Clerkship
- Justice David H. Souter, U.S. Supreme Court
- Patricia Wald, U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Admission
- District of Columbia
- United States Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C. Circuit
- U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Tim Simeone is co-chair of HWG LLP’s Issues and Appeals practice and also works extensively with the firm’s Telecom, Telecommunications Litigation, and Legal Ethics groups.
Tim has argued cases and motions before the United States Supreme Court, the D.C. Circuit, other federal and state courts of appeals, federal district courts, the U.S. Court of Claims, and bar disciplinary tribunals. Tim’s extensive advocacy before the FCC, like his litigation work, draws on his experience as an appellate advocate to present complex issues as clearly and simply as possible.
Tim’s litigation experience includes briefing and arguing both procedural and dispositive motions before a wide variety of trial tribunals. He has also written and presented down-to-earth mediation statements in complex commercial matters.
He also advises lawyers and law firms on the Rules of Professional Conduct and defends lawyers in disciplinary matters. He has published and lectured on topics including constitutional law, administrative law, trial and appellate litigation issues, and legal ethics.
Tim previously served as a law clerk for United States Supreme Court Justice David Souter and D.C. Circuit Judge Patricia Wald.
Read More+Education
- University of Chicago Law School, J.D.
- Middlebury College, M.A.
- Harvard College, B.A.
Representative Experience
- Obtaining a grant of certiorari and then winning a 9-0 decision in the first major federal abstention case in the United States Supreme Court in over twenty years.
- Representing, with other HWG team members, a national telecommunications company before the FCC and in the federal courts of appeals for well over a decade.
- Providing written and oral advocacy on behalf of media clients and associations before the FCC and particularly OGC.
- Obtaining vacatur and a new trial in a high-profile appeal of a first-degree murder conviction in the D.C. Circuit.
- Successfully defending attorneys in disbarment appeals before the D.C. Board on Professional Responsibility and the D.C. Court of Appeals.
Recognition
- Recognized on the Capital Pro Bono Honor Roll with high honors (2020)
Professional and Community Involvement
Firm Involvement
- Co-chair, Issues and Appeals Practice Group (Present)
Publications and Presentations
Publications
- “A Privilege to Lie, Cheat, and Steal? Recent Applications of the Litigation Privilege to Attorney Fraud,” Tennessee Law Review (December 2024)
- “Remanding to Congress: The Supreme Court’s New on the Record Constitutional Review of Federal Statutes,” Cornell Law Review (January 2001)
Presentations and Lectures
- “Litigation Ethics,” (Co-presenter) D.C. Bar (June 2023)
- “Litigation Privilege, Attorney Immunity and Ethics: Defending Retaliatory Suits and Ethics Complaints,” (Presenter) Webinar (February 2023)
- “Ethics Issues on Appeal” (Panelist) D.C. Bar’s Appellate Advocacy Program (October 2021)
- “Judicial Review of Agency Decision Making,” (Co-presenter) D.C. Bar (June 2021)
- “Appellate Review of Agency Decisions,” (Presenter) D.C. Bar’s Fundamentals of Federal Administrative Law Practice Series (October 2020)