Profile

Simon J. Frankel

City: San Francisco

State Bar of California Admission Date: August 15, 1994

Education:

• Yale Law School, J.D. degree, 1988 – 1991
• Cambridge University, M.Phil. degree, 1987 – 1988
• Harvard University, B.A. degree summa cum laude, 1982 – 1986

Employment:

• Covington & Burling LLP, San Francisco
  • Partner, 2006 – present
• Howard, Rice, Nemerovski, Canady, Falk & Rabkin APC, San Francisco
  • Director, 2001 – 2006
  • Associate, 1994 – 2001
• Law Clerk, Judge Pierre N. Leval, United States District Court, Southern District of New York, 1992 – 1993
• Law Clerk, Chief Judge Stephen Breyer, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1991 – 1992

State Bar Activities:

• Commission on Judicial Nominees Evaluation, member, 2012 – present

Local Bar Activities:

• Bar Association of San Francisco, Barrister’s Club: President of Intellectual Property Section, 1999 – 2000

Professional Memberships:

• American Bar Association
• American Law Institute, Member
• Copyright Society of the U.S.A., Member and current President of Northern California Chapter

Publications:

• Numerous articles on copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property issues

Other:
Adjunct Professor/Lecturer:

• University of San Francisco School of Law, 1999 – present
• University of California Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, 1995 – 2000
• University of California, Hastings College of the Law, 1997 – 2000