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Paul H. Silverman, concentrates on corporate reorganization, commercial litigation, creditors' and debtors' domestic and international strategy & forensic investigations. Paul has tried civil and criminal cases to conclusion. By invitation, he has lectured in the U.S. and in Europe and advised on cross-border commercial law and litigation.
Mr. Silverman's government service includes: Assistant in the Office of the U.S. Attorney General (O.D.A.L.E.), Assistant U.S. Attorney, S.D.N.Y. (Criminal and civil Divisions, tax and Bankruptcy Units). He lectured at the ABA Annual, at the Master of Law and Finance Graduate Program (Frankfurt), and on State Aid recovery at the E.U. Commission (Belgium). Mr. Silverman co-presented a program on a comparative law at the Annual German National Insolvency Conference (Frankfurt), and also with financial restructuring professionals in Paris, Madrid & Prague.
Paul served as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas Croake, Southern district of new York, graduation from Fordham Law School in New York as a member of the Fordham Law review. He received his B.A. degree in Philosophy and in History from Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA, as a member of Omicron Delta Kappa, a national leadership honorary society, and president of Alpha Psi Omega, a national dramatic honorary society. He is a member of the International Bar Assoc. and of the City Bar Banking Committee, also N.Y. State Bar Assoc., Business Section Executive secretary and Bankruptcy Committee, Past Chair. Paul serves as budget Committee Chair of the Village of Larchmont, NY, former president of his synagogue and secretary of the Horseshoe Harbor Yacht Club, where he and his wife kayak.
Representative Experience: Mr. Silverman has represented debtors, creditors' committees, and creditors, authored confirmed plans providing creditor distributions, and purchaser's of distressed assets as well as successfully conducted out-of-court work-out arrangements. As to litigation, he recently resolved, through pre-trial mediation, a complex and sensitive defense of a U.S. Federal Court case in which the client, a public corporation, was very grateful. Further, he created unique trust features in a $2 billion mass tort reorganization plan. Paul counsels German appointed Receivers of global mfg., distribution, and finance corporations regarding U.S. law. Paul timely obtained a U.S. injunction enabling an Argentine cable company to reorganize under Argentine law and a USA restraining order for a Korean Receiver. Further, Paul conducted international fraud investigations, trial and asset recovery, with a seven figure recovery.
Practice Areas
Creditor’s Rights
Debtor’s Protection
Reorganizations
Litigation & International
Education
Fordham University(J.D., 1971)
Dickinson College (B.A. 1968) | 