John Simmons

John Simmons is a prominent attorney located in Columbia, South Carolina, with a practice encompassing catastrophic personal injury, wrongful death, products and pharmaceutical liability, premises liability, medical malpractice, and white collar criminal defense. He has achieved Martindale-Hubbell's highest AV rating, is Lead Counsel rated, and is recognized by the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers, the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum. His expertise has earned him a spot among South Carolina Super Lawyers and the National Trial Lawyers Association's Top 100 Trial Lawyers.

In 1992, Mr. Simmons was appointed by President George Bush as the youngest United States Attorney in the nation, serving the District of South Carolina. During his tenure, he oversaw federal operations across the state. Following this role, he led as Chief of the State Grand Jury within the South Carolina Attorney General's Office.

Before his appointment as United States Attorney, Mr. Simmons worked as an assistant United States Attorney, focusing on environmental and white collar crime prosecutions. His contributions to ethics in law are notable, having been appointed by the Governor to the South Carolina Commission on Ethics Reform and serving on the South Carolina Ethics Commission. He has also been selected multiple times by federal district court judges in South Carolina for the magistrate judge selection committee.

Mr. Simmons is an accomplished writer and lecturer, having co-authored 'Environmental Crimes and Corporate Liability' for the South Carolina Bar. Academically distinguished, he was a member of the Law Review, the Order of the Coif, and the Order of Wig and Robe at the University of South Carolina School of Law. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable William W. Wilkins, Jr., former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals.