Jon T. Simmons

Jon Simmons is in the firm’s Litigation section. He is a skilled litigation advocate who has successfully represented individual and business clients in a wide range of cases. He has litigated significant cases with and against some of the finest litigation attorneys in Idaho.

Education

• University of Idaho College of Law, JD, cum laude, 1994
  • Member – Idaho Law Review and recipient of the Outstanding Student Article award for 1992-93
• Idaho State University, BBA, Business Management, 1991

Experience

• Routinely represents both plaintiffs and defendants in complex business disputes, including cases involving claims for breach of contract, claims under article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code, and tort claims for wrongful interference with contract, interference with prospective economic gain, misappropriation of trade secrets, and unfair competition. Mr. Simmons has also litigated commercial disputes involving deprivations of due process by state and local government agencies under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983.
• Represents plaintiffs, defendants, and affected business entities in disputes between owners of partnerships, corporations, and limited liability companies in cases involving claims of usurpation of company opportunities, claims for breach of contract and tort claims for, among other things, breaches of fiduciary duties.
• Has successfully represented clients in numerous litigation cases involving real property and improvements thereto.
• Has litigated insurance cases in state and federal court and is able to offer a unique perspective on such cases through his representation of both plaintiffs (individuals and businesses) and defendant insurance companies in coverage disputes, bad faith tort lawsuits, and claims for wrongful sales practices.

• Idaho
• United States District Court of Idaho
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

 

• Law clerk to the Honorable Linda Copple Trout at the Idaho Supreme Court (1994-1996)

• Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent Rating – Judicial Edition (2011–present)
• Best Lawyers^®: Commercial Litigation (2025-2026), Litigation – Insurance (2022-2026), Litigation – Real Estate  (2024-2026)
• Mountain States Super Lawyers: Business Litigation, General Litigation, Civil Litigation, Employment & Labor Law (2021-2024)