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Dan Simon

Daniel S. "Dan" Simon is the founding shareholder of Simon Law Offices. Mr. Simon graduated from Washburn University with his degree of Juris Doctorate in 1996 and is admitted in the Missouri and Kansas Bar Associations.

During law school, Mr. Simon was a member and officer of the Phi Delta Phi legal honor fraternity. Mr. Simon is a 1999 graduate of the Columbia Chamber of Commerce's Leadership Columbia class. He co-chaired the Attorney Section of the Professional Division of the 1998 and 1999 Columbia, Missouri area United Way Fund Raising Campaigns, and Mr. Simon has been Financial Reviewer on the Columbia United Way's Allocation Panel each year since 2000. He is a former member of the Rotary Club of Columbia, Missouri.

Mr. Simon practices primarily in the areas of business law, real estate law, corporations, contracts, criminal defense, and family law.

Christina McCartney

Christina Strange McCartney graduated from the University of Missouri with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1996. She worked as a caseworker for Missouri's Division of Family Services until beginning Law School in 2000. McCartney graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law in 2003 and was admitted to the Missouri Bar shortly thereafter. While in Law School, McCartney interned for the Missouri Department of Revenue and also participated in the Law School's Domestic Violence Clinic.

Currently, McCartney belongs to the Legislative Committee of the Family Law Section of the Missouri State Bar, the Boone County Bar and the Women's Law Association of Mid-Missouri. She is also a member of the board of directors for Comprehensive Human Services-The Shelter in Columbia, Missouri.

McCartney's primary practice areas are domestic relations, collections and minor criminal matters.

Sander Sowers

Sander Sowers joined Simon Law Offices as an Associate Attorney in January 2007. Mr. Sowers attended law school at Saint Louis University where he received his Juris Doctor in 2005. While at Saint Louis University School of Law, Mr. Sowers was a member of the Saint Louis University Law Journal, a 1L mentor, and externed with U.S. District Court Chief Judge Carol Jackson and Schnuck Markets, Inc.

Mr. Sowers graduated magna cum laude from University of Missouri-Columbia with a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics in 2002. While at Mizzou, he was involved in the Phi Eta Sigma honors society and the Ag Econ club.

Prior to joining Simon Law Offices, Mr. Sowers was in private practice in Rolla, Missouri.

Currently, he is involved in the Boone County Bar Association, the Boone County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section, and the Columbia Chapter of Rotaract.

Mr. Sowers practices primarily in the areas of business law, real estate law, corporations, contracts, criminal defense, and personal injury.

Karla Klingner-Diaz

Having experience on Capitol Hill and in the courtroom, Ms. Diaz is able to serve clients from a diversified policy and legal perspective. During her time on Capitol Hill she developed first-hand familiarity with Congress and the legislative process as well as worked closely with administrative agencies such as the United States Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, and Army Corps of Engineers. As a general practice litigator, she tried numerous contested cases and prepared for bench and jury trials in a large number of other actions that resulted in settlement through extensive negotiation, mediation and plea bargaining.