J. Minos Simon
American lawyer and activist
Joseph Minos Simon Sr. (February 27, 1922 – March 11, 2004) was an American author, lecturer, aviator, sportsman, and attorney from Lafayette, Louisiana, who was particularly known for his courtroom theatrics and demeanor.
Early years and education
J. Minos Simon was born to Amar Simon and the former Elvina Bouillion in the community of Nunez in western Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. He was reared in a poor family and spoke only French as a child, but he learned to speak English in grade school. As was typical of early Cajun life, he worked in rice and cotton fields and traveled in horse-drawn buggies and wagons.
When Simon was a fourth grader, his parents moved to Kaplan. He graduated from Kaplan High School in 1939. After high school, he served for one year in the U.S. Marine Corps before being medically discharged. He attended both the University of Wisconsin–Madison and Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.
He graduated from the Louisiana State University Law Center in 1946 and was admitted as a member of the Louisiana State Bar the same year.
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