Aetna U.S. Healthcare Legal Chief to Speak At School of Management

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- David F. Simon, chief legal officer for Aetna U.S. Healthcare, will address students from the joint JD/MBA program in the University at Buffalo School of Management and School of Law.

Simon, a 1974 honors graduate of the management school and a 1977 honors graduate of the University of Pennsylvania Law School, will discuss career issues and opportunities for students with business and law backgrounds.

His presentation, to be held at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 24, in Room 312 in Jacobs Management Center on the UB North (Amherst) Campus, will be part of the management school's alumni speaker series.

Based in Blue Bell, Pa., Aetna U.S. Healthcare is the nation's leading health-benefits organization, with an enrollment of more than 14 million members. Thirty students are enrolled in UB's JD/MBA program, a four-year program leading both to a law degree and master's degree in business.

Simon is author of the "Computer Law Handbook," published by the American Law Institute-American Bar Association, and has co-authored the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Civil Practice Manual since its first edition in 1982.

Prior to joining the then-U.S. Healthcare in 1990, Simon was a partner in the Philadelphia-based law firm of Wolf, Block, Schorr and Solis-Cohen, where he concentrated his practice in commercial litigation and computer law. In 1995, he co-chaired Pennsylvania Gov. Thomas Ridge's health-and-aging transition group.