Women’s History Month Profile: Erika Lezama-Simonson
BY CLYDE HUGHES | AC JosepH Media
WILDWOOD – Cape May County attorney Erika Lezama?Simonson has built her career on a simple but powerful belief: every family deserves to understand their rights, regardless of language, background, or immigration status.
Lezama-Simonson, who was praised this week by the Vineland Puerto Rican Festival Committee for her work in helping the organization cement plans for its upcoming celebration in July, has established a reputation as being passionate about her community outreach.
She is an attorney at Barry, Corrado & Grassi, P.C., Attorneys at Law, focusing on condominium law, land use and zoning, real estate transactions, business formations, estate planning and estate litigation.
As a bilingual lawyer, Lezama-Simonson often represents individuals of Spanish-speaking backgrounds throughout South Jersey. She is barred in New Jersey and the Federal District Court of New Jersey and is a member of the Cape May Bar Association and the Hispanic Bar Association.
She is active in the New Jersey Association for Justice (NJAJ) where she serves on the NJAJ Law Students Relation Committee and is a co-chair for the NJAJ New Lawyers Committee.
Lezama-Simonson’s personal story is uplifting, a daughter of parents to came to the United States from Mexico more than three decades ago. She was the first person in her family to graduate from college, where she eventually received her law degree from Rutgers University-Camden.
“At a very young age, I accompanied them to lawyer offices,” she said in a Facebook video. “I’ve been exposed to the legal world since I was a little kid and unfortunately, they were not receiving the best legal representation that they could have. It caused a lot of heartbreak.”
For many clients, she is not just an attorney—she is a steady presence during some of the most stressful moments of their lives.
“So, I want to make sure as an attorney … that I am providing strong legal representation,” she said. “I don’t want my clients to go through what my parents went through.”
Lezama?Simonson’s legal journey has always been tied to community service. Long before she entered a courtroom, she was already working alongside families navigating complex systems—from immigration to housing to education.
Those early experiences shaped her approach to the law: accessible, compassionate, and grounded in cultural understanding.
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