Edward I. Silverman

Ed Silverman is certified as a specialist in appellate law by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization and was recently included among the San Diego appellate attorneys honored by Super Lawyers® magazine and was also named as a Top Attorney semi-finalist in family law (appeals) by the San Diego Daily Transcript. He is admitted to practice before all state and federal appellate courts in the State of California, as well as the United States Supreme Court and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington, D.C. He graduated from the UCLA School of Law in 1977, having received his undergraduate degree with high honors from the University of Michigan, where his academic achievements included membership in the honorary Phi Beta Kappa fraternity. After law school, Ed clerked for a federal district judge in San Diego for two years and then worked at the San Diego branch office of a large international law firm for five years where he represented clients in complex commercial litigation. For the next 16 years from 1987 through 2002, Ed was a trial and appellate attorney with Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP. He first litigated commercial disputes in the trial courts, ultimately focusing on civil appeals and writs. In 2003 Ed joined five of his former Procopio partners at Sandler, Lasry, Laube, Byer & Valdez LLP, where he continues to limit his practice to appellate work in the state and federal courts, both representing parties and advising trial counsel on potential and existing appellate issues. His practice regularly involves commercial law, family law, bankruptcy law, probate law, and civil procedure. In recent years, in addition to his appellate practice, Ed has been an adjunct professor at the California Western School of Law, a lawyer representative to the Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference, and a member of the district court’s U.S. Magistrate Judge Selection Committee. He is currently chair of the San Diego County Bar Association's Appellate Court Committee, a director of the Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc., and a founding member of the Gerald Brown Appellate Inn of Court. In acknowledgement of the pro bono legal services he has provided to the indigent, Ed received the California State Bar’s Wiley Manuel Award on 11 occasions and the San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Distinguished Service Award in 1998. Ed has been rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell since 1985.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Law School
UCLA School of Law; Juris Doctor, 1977

Undergraduate
University of Michigan; A.B. with High Distinction, 1974
Phi Beta Kappa, 1974

AREAS OF PRACTICE

Ed is certified by the State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization as a specialist in appellate law. His practice encompasses all aspects of appellate proceedings in federal and state courts, as well as complex pre-trial and post-trial motions in the trial courts.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Of Counsel, Sandler, Lasry, Laube, Byer & Valdez LLP, 2003 to present

Partner, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, 1987-2003

Associate, Rogers & Wells, San Diego, California,1980-1985

Law Clerk to the Honorable Leland C. Nielsen, U.S. District Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District of California, 1977-1979

Extern to the Honorable Wade H. McCree, Jr., U.S. Circuit Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1976

Advisor, University of San Diego School of Law
          Duberstein National Bankruptcy Moot Court Team, 2006-2008
          Vis Internation Arbitration Moot Court Team, 2007-2008
          National Moot Court Team, 2008

Adjunct Professor, California Western School of Law, 2003

HONORS AND AWARDS

1999-Present: Certified Specialist, Appellate Law, State Bar of California Board of Legal Specialization
2008: Selected one of the top appellate attorneys in San Diego by Super Lawyers
2008: Selected Top Attorney semi-finalist in family law (appeals) by San Diego Daily Transcript
2001-2004: Lawyer Representative to Ninth Circuit Judicial Conference
2003: U.S. Magistrate Judge Selection Committee
2002-Present: Gerald Brown Appellate Inn of Court, organizational member
2001: Chapter Author, California Appellate Practice Handbook (7th ed. 2001)
1997-Present: Director, Legal Aid Society of San Diego, Inc.
1998: Recipient, San Diego Volunteer Lawyer Program Distinguished Service Award
1992-2005: Recipient, Wiley Manuel Award for Pro Bono Legal Services
1991-1995: Judge Pro Tem, San Diego Superior Court
1983-1998: Judge Pro Tem, San Diego Municipal Court, Small Claims Division
1985-Present: Martindale-Hubbell AV Rating

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