Client-centered Advocacy. Representation with Attentiveness and Purpose.
Client-centered Advocacy. Representation with Attentiveness and Purpose.
Providing legal insights, personal attention, powerful advocacy.
A firm that ensures you feel welcomed, heard, and included in your legal process.
AREAS OF PRACTICE
Different Legal Needs. One Standard of Representation.
Whether your legal matter involves your freedom, family, safety, home, property, health, business, or financial future, our commitment remains the same:
Listen carefully. Communicate clearly. Prepare thoroughly. Advocate diligently.
People First. Advocacy Always.
Personal Advocacy. Meaningful Relationships. Powerful Representation.
cRIMINAL & pROTECTIVE mATTERS
Criminal Defense
Protecting your rights, freedom, and future when you have been accused of a crime.
DUI & Traffic Defense
Strategic representation when your license, record, freedom, or livelihood may be at stake.
Peace & Protective Orders
Representation for petitioners seeking protection and respondents defending their rights.
FAMILY & CHILD ADVOCACY
Family Law: Child Custody & Child Welfare
Compassionate advocacy when your children, parental rights, and family are at the center of a legal matter.
CIVIL & BUSINESS MATTERS
Landlord–Tenant Law
Representing tenants and landlords in disputes involving housing, rental property, leases, possession, and related matters.
Contracts & Agreements
Helping individuals, professionals, and businesses create, understand, review, and negotiate important agreements.
Direct Primary Care & Healthcare Agreements
Providing legal guidance and contract support to physicians and Direct Primary Care practices.
SERVING CLIENTS THROUGHOUT BALTIMORE CITY, BALTIMORE COUNTY, CARROLL COUNTY, ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY, HARFORD COUNTY, HOWARD COUNTY, MONTGOMERY COUNTY, AND PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY
LICENCED IN MARYLAND
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NEW JERSEY
EXPERIENCE ON BOTH SIDES OF THE COURTROOM
Former Prosecutor. Former Public Defender. Experienced Advocate.
Attorney Mary J. Simon brings a perspective shaped by experience on multiple sides of the justice system. Having prosecuted criminal cases and defended individuals facing criminal charges, she understands how cases are investigated, evaluated, negotiated, prepared and presented in court.
Today, she brings that experience to the people she represents—combining strategic preparation with personal attention and determined advocacy.
When the stakes are personal, your representation should be powerful.
ABOUT MARY JESSICA SIMON, ESQ.
Mary Jessica Simon, Esq.
Attorney
Attorney Mary J. Simon is an attorney who is committed to protecting the rights of individuals through strategic advocacy, compassionate representation, and personalized legal counsel. With experience as a FORMER PROSECUTOR, FORMER PUBLIC DEFENDER, AND PRIVATE DEFENSE ATTORNEY, Attorney Simon brings a comprehensive understanding of the criminal justice system to every case she handles. Attorney Simon served as an Assistant State’s Attorney with the Baltimore City State’s Attorney’s Office, where she prosecuted criminal matters and gained extensive courtroom experience. She has also served as an Assistant Public Defender in both New Jersey and Connecticut, representing individuals in criminal matters and advocating for clients navigating complex legal challenges as well as in child welfare law, where she represented and advocated for children and families involved in intricate legal proceedings.
A graduate of Quinnipiac University School of Law, Attorney Simon has consistently demonstrated a commitment to public interest advocacy and community service. During law school, she held leadership roles within the Public Interest Law Project and the Society for Dispute Resolution, served as a Student Bar Association representative, and supported efforts to promote diversity and inclusion within legal education. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from Spelman College.
Her commitment to protecting individual rights and expanding access to legal education extends beyond the courtroom through her community outreach efforts and her role as founder of the program, Suited for Justice, an initiative focused on increasing legal awareness, empowering communities, and creating meaningful connections between individuals and the justice system.
Attorney Simon has been recognized for her commitment to excellence and service, including receiving the Office of the Public Defender Attorney of the Month Award, National Association of Women Lawyers Outstanding Law Student Award, the Excellence in Clinical Work Award, Service to the Law School Award, and recognition for her contributions as an advocate and public servant.
Attorney Simon is a proud member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated and continues to dedicate her life to service, advocacy, and community impact. Through her experience on both sides of the courtroom, Attorney Simon approaches each case with preparation, compassion, and a commitment to protecting the rights and future of those she serves. She believes that every client deserves to be heard, respected, and represented with purpose.
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