Simone Katz-O’Neill

Director & Senior Corporate Counsel at Delicato Family Wines

Simone Katz-O’Neill is the Director & Senior Corporate Counsel at Delicato Family Wines. She focuses on managing and protecting Delicato’s growing trademark portfolio and advising the company on its contract needs. Prior to joining Delicato, Simone worked in private practice in San Francisco, first at Shartsis Friese LLP where she concentrated on intellectual property counseling and business litigation, and then at Sideman & Bancroft LLP, where she worked in intellectual property counseling and enforcement. She has advised clients in a variety of industries, including the food and wine, clothing, art, consumer electronics, computer software, and e-commerce industries. She was selected by Super Lawyers Magazine as a 2014 and 2013 Northern California Rising Star. A Bay Area native, she currently lives in Napa with her husband and children. In her free time (if she has any!), she loves to walk, run, swim, play the piano, garden, and bake.