Simon R. Graf's Profile Image

Simon R. Graf

Associate
Phone: 410-321-9000
Fax: 410-321-6270
vCard

Simon’s practice deals with all aspects of labor and employer/employee relations, general litigation, and ERISA litigation. He handles a wide range of employment matters for businesses, with a focus on avoiding liability under the host of laws and regulations impacting the workplace.

Simon works with clients to prepare key employment documents, including employee handbooks, trade secrets/confidentiality agreements, and separation agreements, and he supports the litigation department at Smith & Downey with all aspects of labor and employment and ERISA litigation.

Before attending law school, Simon spent almost ten years working as a software engineer and project manager in the defense sector supporting intelligence and national security initiatives.

While in law school, Simon worked as an editor on the Journal of Business & Technology Law, completed an internship with the Appellate Court of Maryland, dedicated more than 260 hours representing clients as a student patent attorney in Maryland Carey Law’s Intellectual Property and Entrepreneurship Clinic (IPEC), served as a research assistant, and volunteered as a Peer Advisor.

Upon graduating, Simon was one of five students to receive The Joseph Bernstein Prize for having submitted the most significant piece of legal writing for publication.

Education

  • University of Maryland School of Law (J.D., cum laude)
  • University of Maryland Baltimore County (B.S., Computer Science)

Admitted to Practice

  • Maryland

Publications

  • Simon R. Graf, The Sins of the Father: Excising Malignant Bias from Artificial Intelligence, Bus. & Tech. L. (2024).