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Jeffrey M. Simon is an accomplished professional with years of experience as a leading legal recruiter and search consultant. His legal background as an experienced business and litigation attorney has been of great value in the continued success of his consulting practice. Through the years, he has worked closely with associate, partner level, and corporate attorneys and has consulted extensively with law firm management, section heads, recruitment attorneys, corporate legal departments and their professional staff in regard to their lateral hiring and practice development needs. He previously spent three years as a recruiter and search consultant with an established legal search and consulting firm before forming River West Consultants, Ltd. in 1990. Mr. Simon is a 1975 graduate of the DePaul University College of Law, Dean's List. He also holds a Bachelor of Arts degree, with High Honors, from the University of Illinois, where he was named an Edmund J. James Scholar and admitted to membership in the Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi scholastic honorary societies. Mr. Simon is a member of the Illinois Bar. He is active in various bar associations and has appeared as a featured speaker before both the Illinois State and Chicago Bar Associations among others. He is a member and past Chair of the Illinois State Bar Association's Committee on Law Office Management and Economics and is the Editor of the Committee newsletter. Additionally, for nearly a decade, Mr. Simon was a member of the Board of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Metropolitan Chicago and twice served as Chair of its Board Development Committee.