Philip Peter Simon (born July 7, 1962) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana.
Philip P. Simon
Indiana Northern District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Indiana
Born 1962 in Pittsburgh, PA
FJC ID: 2993
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 18/year
Indiana Northern District Court · 2003–
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Northern District of IndianaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1990–1997, 1999–2003- ↳chief, Criminal Division · 1999–2003
Adjunct professor of law · 1996–1997, 1999–2000- District of ArizonaAssistant U.S. attorney · 1997–1999
- Private practice, Chicago, Illinois1987–1990
Appointments
2003–present · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law)J.D. · 1987
- University of IowaB.A. · 1984