Mr. Silberman has spoken and published articles on a wide variety of construction and government contracts law subjects, including false claims, terminations, prime-subcontractor payment issues, Building Information Modeling (BIM), green building, IT procurements, abandonment/cardinal change claims, disabled access and licensing.

Mr. Silberman is a leader in several prominent construction and government contracts organizations.  He sits on the Council of the ABA Public Contract Law Section and its Construction Division (and is a former chair of its Procurement Fraud and Strategic Alliances, Teaming and Subcontracting Committees).  He is immediate past chair of the Specialty Trade Contractors & Suppliers Division of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry.  He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Bay Area District of AGC-California, is a former chair of the AGC-C's Legal Advisory Committee and a former member of its Executive Committee.  He also serves as co-chair of the Design Professional Liability Subcommittee of the ABA Litigation Section's Construction Committee, is past chair of its Public Construction and Damages Committees, and is an active member of the ITAA’s IT Accessibility Regulation Task Force (disabled access issues for public contracts).

Mr. Silberman has also advised clients and handled litigation of environmental, employment and commercial law issues.

Education

J.D., University of California Los Angeles Law School, 1992
With Honors; Editor, Environmental Law Review

B.B.A., University of Michigan, 1989
With Honors

Bar Admissions
California - 1992