May 31, 2005
Dean Mary C. Daly announced that Professor Michael A. Simons has
been named to the newly created position of Associate Dean for
Faculty Scholarship effective July 1, 2005.
As Associate Dean for Faculty Scholarship, Professor Simons will
be broadly responsible for facilitating and coordinating faculty
scholarly activities, for publicizing faculty scholarship, and for
promoting productivity and excellence in faculty scholarship.
Specific activities will include coordinating the planning of
academic conferences, faculty workshops, and other opportunities
for scholarly exchange, advising junior faculty members on
scholarship issues, and advising the Dean on matters relating to
faculty scholarship.
Professor Simons joined the St. John’s faculty in 1998, and his
scholarship has focused on sentencing, federal criminal law,
prosecutorial decision-making, and punishment theory.
Professor Simons’ articles have appeared in New York University
Law Review, Vanderbilt Law Review, Villanova Law Review, St. John’s
Law Review, and The Catholic Lawyer. He graduated
magna cum laude from the College of the Holy Cross in 1986
and magna cum laude from Harvard Law School in 1989, where he was
an editor of the Harvard Law Review. After
graduation, he served as Law Clerk to Federal Judge Louis F.
Oberdorfer, United States District Court for the District of
Columbia. He later served as a staff attorney for The
Washington Post, as an associate at a criminal defense firm in
New York City, and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the
Southern District of New York. He received the Attorney
General’s Award for Distinguished Service in 1996. Since
2001, he has been a fellow with the Vincentian Center for Church
and Society. He is also a member of the New York City Mayor’s
Advisory Committee on the Judiciary.
Professor Simons teaches Criminal Law, Evidence, Sentencing,
Introduction to Law and the Legal Profession, and the Prosecution
Clinic. He resides in Westbury, Long Island, with his wife
Karen and their five children.
For more information on Professor Michael A. Simons, view his biography.