Joel M. Silverstein is a partner in the firm and a member of the litigation department.

 

Practice Areas

Civil litigation, including: antitrust, class actions, constitutional, contracts, corporate, ERISA, franchises, fraud, health and medical, intellectual property, real estate, RICO, securities, trusts and estates.

 

Bar Admissions

• New York (1981)
• New Jersey (1982)
• U.S. District Courts:
  • Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (1981)
  • District of New Jersey (1992)
  • District of Colorado (2005)
• U.S. Courts of Appeals:
  • Third Circuit (1998)
  • First Circuit (2000)
  • Tenth Circuit (2006)
  • Eleventh Circuit (2006)
  • Federal Circuit (2008)

 

Education

• Law School - University of Pennsylvania, J.D., 1980
• Columbia College, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1976

 

Affiliations

• New York County Lawyer's Association (CLE Advisory Board (2004-present)
• Federal Courts Committee (1987-present)
• Chair, Subcommittee on Alternative Procedures for Processing Dispositive Motions (1995-2000)
• Chair, Spring Lecture Series (2002-2008)
• Edward Weinfeld Award Luncheon — Chair (2007), Co-Chair (2006)
• American Bar Association (Sections on: Litigation; Law Practice Management)
• New York State Bar Association
• Mostly Music, Inc., Board of Trustees (2003-present)

 

Professional Publications

• Author: New York County Lawyers' Association Report on Alternative Procedures for Processing Dispositive Motions, 190 F.R.D. 222
• Lecturer, Federal Civil Procedure, New York County Lawyers Association, 1989-1990, 2001-2004, 2006

 

Born - Charleston, South Carolina, February 12, 1954.

ISLN - 903711522.