J. Yasmin Tayyab Simon
J. Yasmin Tayyab Simon litigates national product liability and mass toxic tort cases across the United States. She serves as national coordinating counsel, trial counsel, and local counsel for Fortune 500 companies in mass tort litigation, including asbestos litigation and silica litigation. She also defends clients in general product, professional liability, and medical malpractice matters. Yasmin has trial experience in courts throughout the United States, including courts in Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania.
Before joining Morgan Lewis, Yasmin was a shareholder in the toxic tort practice of a national law firm, where she worked out of the firm’s Chicago office.
Yasmin currently chairs the Dallas office Pro Bono Committee.
- Boston College Law School, 1998, J.D.
- Vanderbilt University, 1995, B.A., Magna Cum Laude
- Texas
- Illinois
- Massachusetts
- Missouri
- Wisconsin
- US District Court for the Northern District of Texas
- US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois
- US District Court for the Southern District of Illinois
- US District Court for the District of Massachusetts
- US District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri
Member, Practice Tier 1, Product Liability, Mass Tort and Class Action – defense: toxic tort, The Legal 500 US (2024)
Member, American Bar Association
Member, Chicago Bar Association