Simon Paris, senior associate in the firm's Class Action Practice Group, joined SMBB in 2007. Mr. Paris' dedication to finding new ways of identifying and challenging improper business practices has earned him the respect of his peers and nationwide recognition as a class action innovator.

Mr. Paris' practice focuses on the litigation of complex class actions with specializations in antitrust, consumer protection and securities fraud matters.

Before joining the firm, Mr. Paris worked in the Philadelphia office of Spector Roseman & Kodroff, P.C., where he played an integral role in the development and prosecution of many class action cases, including: Abbott Laboratories Derivative Litigation (N.D. Ill.); AOL Securities Litigation (D. Minn.); Blake v. United Auto Group Inc. (N.J. Super.); Bristol-Myers Squibb Derivative Litigation (S.D.N.Y.); Cosgrove v. Nestle Waters North America, Inc. (N.J. Super.); Francis v. Holman Enterprises, Ltd. (N.J. Super.); Kaplan v. WASCO (N.J. Super.); Klein v. DeSimone (N.J. Super.); Linerboard Antitrust Litigation (E.D. Pa.); Lynch v. National Prescription Administrators, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.); Mercedes-Benz Antitrust Litigation (D.N.J.); OSB Antitrust Litigation (E.D. Pa.); Tricor Antitrust Litigation (D. Del.); and VeriSign Securities Litigation (N.D. Cal.).

Mr. Paris has also worked as an Assistant State Attorney for the State of Florida, where he was lead counsel in over fifty jury trials; as an attorney with Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, where he handled construction and complex commercial matters; and as a law clerk for Hon. Irvin J. Snyder and Hon. David G. Flynn of the New Jersey Superior Court.

Mr. Paris is admitted to practice in New Jersey, Florida and the United States District Courts for the District of New Jersey. He is a member of the Camden County and American Bar Associations.

A 1993 graduate of Rutgers University, Mr. Paris received his law degree from Widener University School of Law in 1996.

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