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Sergio D. Simões

ssimoes@lindabury.com
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908.233.6800

53 Cardinal Dr
Westfield, New Jersey 07090

26 Broadway 26th Floor
New York, New York 10004

1515 Market St
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102

Sergio D. Simões concentrates his practice in civil and complex litigation, appellate practice and employee benefits.

Sergio D. Simões joined the firm in September 2007 and was elevated to partner in 2015. He concentrates his practice in civil and complex litigation, appellate practice and employee benefits.

Prior to joining the firm, Sergio served as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas N. Lyons, New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division. Sergio also served as an intern to the Honorable Kenneth C. MacKenzie, New Jersey Superior Court, Morris County, Chancery Division, General Equity Part.

During law school, Sergio was an intern at the Government Law Center of Albany Law School, the Albany County District Attorney’s Office, as well as the Albany Law School Health Law Clinic. He also served as a research assistant to a Professor of International Law and has been acknowledged for his research assistance in the Canadian-published Osgoode Hall Law Journal.  Sergio, together with and other members of Lindabury’s Labor and Employment practice group, was co-author of the New Jersey chapter of the 2019 Chambers Global Practice Guide for Regional Employment.

Fluent in Portuguese, in 2004, Sergio completed a Certificate program in European Union Law at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Lisbon, Portugal. 

He received his Juris Doctorate from Albany Law School in 2006 and graduated with highest honors from Seton Hall University in 2003 with a Bachelor of Arts degree.

He is admitted to the bars of New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. Sergio serves as an alternate member of the Planning Board of his home town of Garwood, New Jersey.

Publications

Education
  • J.D., Albany Law School of Union University, 2006
  • Certificate, Universidade Católica Portuguesa , 2004
  • B.A., Seton Hall University, 2003summa cum laude
Admissions
  • New Jersey
  • New York
  • Pennsylvania
  • United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Awards
  • Super Lawyers©, Rising Star – Civil Litigation Defense (2010-2013);
    (This award is not approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. Selection methodology is available here)
Representative Experience
  • Rivermount Development, LLC v. Livingston, et al., Docket No. A-3736-16T2 (App. Div., August 14, 2019)
  • BJ America Electric v. BMW North America, LLC, et al., Docket No. A-2517-17T1 (App. Div., May 8, 2019) 
  • Rock Oil, LLC v. Shaker, et al., Docket No. A-2392-T2 (App. Div., July 5, 2016) 
  • In re Borough of Spring Lake Coastal Jurisdictional Determination, Docket No. A-6034-12T3 (App. Div., Feb 4, 2015)
  • Casey Pellicer v. St. Barnabas Hospital, et al., 200 N.J. 22 (2009)
Professional & Bar Association Memberships
  • Portugal-US Chamber of Commerce
  • Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States