Ethan W. Simonowitz is an associate in the Litigation and Insurance/Reinsurance groups in Crowell & Moring's San Francisco office.
Ethan's litigation practice focuses on a variety of complex commercial matters before state and federal courts, including commercial contract disputes, business torts, and copyright infringement. Ethan has participated in drafting numerous complex procedural and dispositive motions, including motions for injunctive relief, motions to compel arbitration, and motions to vacate arbitral awards.
Ethan's insurance/reinsurance practice involves counseling clients on a diverse array of direct coverage and reinsurance issues, such as late notice, policy exclusions, and policy interpretation, particularly in the context of errors and omissions and professional liability policies.
Ethan has also developed a robust pro bono practice at Crowell & Moring. He has prepared an amicus brief to the United States Supreme Court on behalf of a nonprofit organization in support of the United States' position that ownership of certain lands reverted back to the federal government after the cessation of rail services. Currently, Ethan is representing a client seeking political asylum and handling a case for a tenant in New York Housing Court concerning allegations of nuisance and unauthorized pet ownership.
Ethan received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, where he served as an executive editor of the University of Pennsylvania Law Review and a legal writing instructor. Ethan earned a M.A. in Latin American history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a B.A., summa cum laude, in history and Latino studies from Cornell University.
Affiliations
Admitted to practice: California, New York, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Publications
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"The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: 2014 Year in Review," Law and Business Review of the Americas
(Summer 2016).
Authors: Laurel Pyke Malson, Aryeh S. Portnoy, Birgit Kurtz, Theresa Buckley, Kate M. Growley, Namrata Kotwani, and Ethan W. Simonowitz.
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"The Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act: 2013 Year in Review," Law and Business Review of the Americas
(January 5, 2016).
Authors: Laurel Pyke Malson, Aryeh S. Portnoy, Birgit Kurtz, Theresa Buckley, Kate M. Growley, Namrata Kotwani, and Ethan W. Simonowitz.
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"Theft of Trade Secret and Flouting of Court's Injunction Results in Arrest Warrants," Crowell & Moring's Trade Secrets Trends
(November 3, 2015).
Authors: Anne Elise Herold Li and Ethan Simonowitz.
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