Outside Counsel with Jeffrey B. Simon

Jeffrey B. Simon

S1: UNPACKING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC The Outside Counsel podcast series offers unprecedented insight into the ways in which the wool continues to get pulled over our eyes by major companies & lawmakers, hosted by renowned trial lawyer, Jeffrey B. Simon.

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15. Turning Pain into Purpose: Linda Reinstein's Asbestos Advocacy Story
Apr 5 2024
15. Turning Pain into Purpose: Linda Reinstein's Asbestos Advocacy Story
After a landmark ruling advancing the US asbestos ban, Jeffrey sits down with Linda Reinstein, who co-founded the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) after losing her husband Alan to mesothelioma in 2006. Linda's tireless grassroots efforts and high-level public health advocacy work have made her a pivotal figure in the fight to ban asbestos and aid those impacted by its diseases.

Episodes

15. Turning Pain into Purpose: Linda Reinstein's Asbestos Advocacy Story
Apr 5 2024
15. Turning Pain into Purpose: Linda Reinstein's Asbestos Advocacy Story
After a landmark ruling advancing the US asbestos ban, Jeffrey sits down with Linda Reinstein, who co-founded the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) after losing her husband Alan to mesothelioma in 2006. Linda's tireless grassroots efforts and high-level public health advocacy work have made her a pivotal figure in the fight to ban asbestos and aid those impacted by its diseases.
14. Season Finale: Tragedy to Triumph
Feb 1 2023
14. Season Finale: Tragedy to Triumph
In conversation with Major Patricia Cole, a Lee County, Kentucky, EMT who has dedicated her career to opioid harm reduction following the tragic loss of her son to an accidental opioid overdose.
13. Pragmatic Approaches to Harm Reduction
Jan 18 2023
13. Pragmatic Approaches to Harm Reduction
Jeffrey sits down with Brian, a former multi-national tech exec who nearly lost his life to the disease of addiction. By illustrating the pathways from OxyContin to illicit heroin, and why the pugilistic “War on Drugs” policy approach to harm reduction has failed.
12. Dispatches from the Frontlines feat. Chris McGreal [part 2]
Jan 4 2023
12. Dispatches from the Frontlines feat. Chris McGreal [part 2]
In the second installment of this exclusive interview, author and journalist Chris McGreal dives deep into the importance of destigmatizing the disease of opioid addiction, and how, in Chris’ assessment, corporate misconduct was aided and abetted by powerful Congressional allies and federal enforecemnt agencies.
11. Dispatches From the Frontlines feat. Chris McGreal [part 1]
Dec 20 2022
11. Dispatches From the Frontlines feat. Chris McGreal [part 1]
In the first of this two-part interview, Jeffrey sits down with author and award-winning journalist, Chris McGreal, as he pulls the curtain back on his intense experience reporting from the front lines of this epidemic, as well as researching and writing his book: American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts.
07. Impunity & the Tale of NORCO
Apr 16 2022
07. Impunity & the Tale of NORCO
Using shocking real world examples, Jeffrey questions the alarmingly weak penalties and deep legal loopholes that play a deadly role in keeping the opioid epidemic alive.
10. A Mother's Love & Loss
Apr 15 2022
10. A Mother's Love & Loss
In conversation with Christy Couvillier: an active harm reduction advocate and community leader in the fight against the opioid epidemic. She's also a mother who lost her son just to an accidental overdose just one month prior to this interview.
09. Socioeconomics of The Opioid Crisis
Apr 15 2022
09. Socioeconomics of The Opioid Crisis
In conversation with prominent litigator & community leader Larry Taylor about the impact this relentless epidemic continues to have on lives and communities, and how the war on drugs is the epitome of selective outrage.
08. A Tale of Two Cases
Apr 15 2022
08. A Tale of Two Cases
Exploring two landmark trials that pursued public nuisance claims against opioid manufacturers as a legal remedy for the harm the crisis has caused communities around the US, and what their rulings mean for future litigation.
06. Validation & Remedies
Apr 15 2022
06. Validation & Remedies
A conversation with Chief Medical Officer and Addiction Specialist, Dr. Andrew Kolodny, about the real harm caused by this epidemic, who holds accountability, and what solutions loom on the horizon.
05. The Scope of the Crisis
Apr 15 2022
05. The Scope of the Crisis
Examining the insurmountably devastating toll this epidemic continues to take on communities across America, and the lack of remedies that are currently available.
04. Fox Watches the Hen House
Apr 15 2022
04. Fox Watches the Hen House
Unpacking the role of wholesale distributors in the opioid epidemic and how the slanted Marino Bill stripped the DEA of much of its power to regulate them.
03. Scripts for Tips [part 2]
Apr 15 2022
03. Scripts for Tips [part 2]
We continue our fascinating discussion with former Purdue Pharma sales rep turned whistleblower, Carol Panara. This time, Carol gets candid about her own feelings, the role she played in all of this, and the backlash she received for speaking out.
02. Scripts for Tips [part 1]
Apr 15 2022
02. Scripts for Tips [part 1]
How dangerous misinformation and market manipulation shifted the way pain medication was prescribed, ultimately causing the crisis as we know it. With special guest, former Purdue sales rep turned whistleblower, Carol Panara.
01. Oversupply Expands the Demand
Apr 15 2022
01. Oversupply Expands the Demand
On the series premier of Outside Counsel, Jeffrey offers insight into the opioid crisis that only an insider can. This episode features a comprehensive guide to thoroughly understanding the root causes of the epidemic, and how manufacturers flooded the legal marketplace with a surplus of painkillers.