Roy Simon
Roy D. Simon is the Howard Lichtenstein Distinguished Professor of Legal Ethics at Hofstra University.[1]
He was the 2008 Democratic Party nominee for the New York State Senate, running against then-Republican State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos. He currently resides in West Hempstead and ran to be the State Senator representing the Ninth District in Long Island. Some of these communities include the Five Towns, Valley Stream, Rockville Centre, and others. Political pundits acknowledged that it would be difficult to oust Dean Skelos.[2]
Education
Simon attended Williams College for his undergraduate degree and NYU Law School for his JD. He started his academic work as an instructor the Washington University in St. Louis School of Law.