Michele Simon

Michele Simon, J.D., is a public health lawyer specializing in legal strategies to counter corporate tactics that harm the public’s health. Michele has a master’s in public health from Yale University and a law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law, and has been researching and writing about the food industry and food politics since 1996. Also an expert on alcohol policy, she served as research and policy director for Marin Institute (now Alcohol Justice), an alcohol industry watchdog group based in northern California. Her groundbreaking report on alcoholic energy drinks led to federal action to ban the dangerous products. An accomplished and engaging speaker, Michele lectures internationally on corporate tactics and policy solutions.