Francesca Simone

Ms. Simone is an associate attorney at Wolfenson & Ashkenazi, P.C. Her current practice focuses on civil litigation, probate litigation, municipal court, and landlord-tenant matters. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Simone was an associate attorney at Spiro Harrison & Nelson, where she represented clients in a variety of civil and criminal cases, in areas including government fraud, commercial litigation, estate litigation, employment, and healthcare. Ms. Simone has experience in both federal and state courts. Ms. Simone earned her BA in history and minor in Italian from Ramapo College with magna cum laude. She received her paralegal certificate from Montclair State University and her MSJ degree in Financial Service Compliance from Seton Hall Law. Ms. Simone worked as a paralegal while attending law school part time. During law school, she interned for the Honorable Paul B. Matey, of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Honorable Thomas K. Isenhour, of the Superior Court of New Jersey—Union Vicinage. Ms. Simone was awarded best brief in her Appellate Advocacy class and in the Gressman Moot Court competition. She also was the recipient of the National Italian American Bar Association’s Justice Alito Scholarship.

• Associate Attorney

• Speaker, Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey's 8th Annual Federal Pro Bono Institute

• New Jersey, 2023

• Union County Bar Association
• Association of the Federal Bar of New Jersey