Sheila Simon

Quick Facts

Full Name	Sheila Simon
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Mar 13, 1961(1961-03-13)
Age	63
Country	United States
Birth City	Illinois
Horoscope	Pisces

Sheila Simon Biography

Sheila Simon is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on March 13, 1961 in Illinois, United States. After having served as a member of the Carbondale City Council, this Democratic Party politician took office as the Lieutenant Governor in Illinois. She was elected Lieutenant Governor in 2014. ran for the post as Illinois State Comptroller.

She was the Lieutenant Governor under the administration of gubernatorial the fellow Democrat She served as Lieutenant Governor during the gubernatorial administration of fellow Democrat Pat Quinn..

Sheila Simon received a B.A. in 1983 from Wittenberg University and a J.D. in 1987 from Georgetown University Law Center. Following law school, she worked as a staff attorney at a legal aid clinic, the Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation from 1987 to 1992, providing legal services to indigent clients. She was an associate at the firm of O’Neill & Colvin in Carbondale, Illinois, from 1992 to 1994 and then served as an assistant state’s attorney in Jackson County, Illinois from 1994 to 1998, where she prosecuted DUIs and domestic battery cases. Along with several other attorneys and with the support of school faculty, Simon helped to inaugurate Southern Illinois University’s law school domestic violence clinic in 1998. She worked as a clinical assistant professor at Southern Illinois University School of Law from 2000 to 2005 and was promoted to clinical associate professor in 2005.

Simon and her husband, Perry Knop, were married in 1987. Knop is a Political Science professor and the Social Science department chair at John A. Logan College, the Carterville community college that serves the Carbondale area. In 2010, they had two daughters in college, and hosted a female exchange student from Peru. Simon has been in the band Loose Gravel for over ten years. She plays banjo and bassoon.

Her union with Professor of Political Science Perry Knop resulted in two children. Her birthplace was a prominent political family. Her father, Paul, also served as the Lieutenant Governor for Illinois (during the latter half of the 1960s and the early 1970s) as did her mother, Jeanne, Jeanne, was an Illinois State Representative.

Sheila Simon Net Worth

Sheila Simon is one of the richest Politician from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sheila Simon 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

After obtaining her bachelor’s degree at Wittenberg University, she received her law degree from Georgetown University and subsequently worked for Illinois’ Land of Lincoln Legal Assistance Foundation.

In the late 1990s She was in the mid-1990s, she was a Jackson County, Illinois Assistant Prosecutor. After a decade she was able to teach laws in the university of Southern Illinois University.

Sheila J. Simon (born March 13, 1961) was the 46th Lieutenant Governor of Illinois, from 2011 to 2015. In 2014, she was the Democratic nominee for Illinois State Comptroller, losing to Republican incumbent Judy Baar Topinka. She was previously a professor of law at the Southern Illinois University School of Law. Simon is the daughter of former U.S. Senator Paul Simon, who had previously served as Lieutenant Governor of Illinois (1969-1973), and his first wife, former Illinois State Representative Jeanne Hurley Simon.

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Who is Sheila Simon Dating?

According to our records, Sheila Simon married to Perry Knop. As of December 1, 2023, Sheila Simon’s is not dating anyone.

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On October 28, 2019, State Treasurer Mike Frerichs nominated Simon to serve as a member of the Charitable Trust Stabilization Committee. The appointment is awaiting confirmation by the Illinois Senate.

Facts & Trivia

Sheila Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Sheila Simon celebrates birthday on March 13 of every year.