Judge Simons was appointed as an Administrative Law Judge for the District of Columbia Office of Administrative Hearings in October 2025.
From 2012-2025, Judge Simons worked as an attorney in the Office of General Counsel for the U.S. Department of Education. In that role, Judge Simons litigated cases in Federal Court and before the Department’s Office of Hearings and Appeals and advised on numerous Federal education programs, including the Title I program and the COVID-relief education programs. Prior to joining the U.S. Department of Education, Judge Simons worked for five years as an associate at the law firm Crowell & Moring in Washington, DC, where she primarily practiced labor and employment law.
From 2009-2010, Judge Simons served as a law clerk to the Honorable Anthony J. Trenga of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virgina
Judge Simons received her undergraduate degree from Brandeis University and her law degree from Harvard Law School.