Julia Simon-Mishel is the supervising attorney of the Unemployment Compensation Unit at Philadelphia Legal Assistance (PLA), where she represents low-wage workers in unemployment matters. She has represented over 700 clients and has an active appellate practice pursuing impact unemployment cases in Pennsylvania courts. She has served by appointment on Pennsylvania’s Unemployment Compensation Benefit Modernization Advisory Committee and Pennsylvania’s Unemployment Compensation Advisory Council. Prior to joining PLA, she clerked for the Honorable Norma L. Shapiro of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She has previously been named one of the American Bar Association’s “One the Rise: Top 40 Young Lawyers” and received the National Legal Aid and Defender Association’s (NLADA) New Leaders in Advocacy Award.
