MIAMI — At the dawn of the Roaring Twenties, Babe Ruth was a participant with the New York Yankees, radio was just turning out to be a fixture in American homes, vacation by airplanes was turn into extra than a curiosity, prohibition was in whole swing and scandal scarred Warren Harding was president.
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In 1922, Jay Simons was born, and would later on embark on a authorized job that would span many years and go on into 2022.
Even though he is a centenarian, Simons claimed he has no plans to hold up his authorized filings.
“I like what I do,” he said. “I really like what I do.”
At 100 decades aged and however doing the job, Simons could be the oldest practising attorney in Florida — if not the U.S.
Just after serving in Environment War II, Simons enrolled at the University of Miami, ahead of graduating with a law degree.
He was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1950 and started off a non-public observe in Fort Lauderdale, wherever he specialized in private harm and medical malpractice.
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Working at a practice with legal professional Sheldon Schlessinger, the agency of J. Jay Simons & Sheldon J. Schelssinger was amongst Broward County’s major own harm and clinical malpractice firms.
Simons also served as a municipal judge for Broward County, where by he was identified as Decide JJ.
After a long time in the court room and on the bench, Simons has constructed a popularity as one particular of Broward’s best acknowledged mediators.
“I am good at it,” he mentioned. “I can do virtually the extremely hard with two individuals and they concur. It is a great deal much easier than likely to court docket.”
Simons is operating as a mediator by way of Zoom, an online software that will allow him to make full use of his lawful by 21st century engineering.
His prolific legislation profession carries on on the internet with him managing largely insurance policy circumstances.
The 100-yr-old legal professional obtains a good deal of do the job from longtime connections who are continue to in the Broward legal community by employing Zoom to everyone’s edge.
“It does operate and it saves a ton of income and a ton of time,” Simons said.
Married to his spouse Nancy for 69 several years, both are critical collectors of Western artwork.
When asked what is the key to his longevity, he has a basic answer.
“My wife states I procrastinate and I have utilised it to my edge due to the fact I am 100,” he claimed.
