Paul H. Silverman, concentrates on corporate reorganization, commercial litigation, creditors’ and debtors’ domestic and international strategy & forensic investigation. 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 advice.
Mr. Silverman is overall chair of the N.Y. Bar CLE bankruptcy law programs. His 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 Meeting, at the Master of Law and Finance Graduate Program (Frankfurt), and on State Aid recovery at the E.U. Commission (Belgium). Mr. Silverman lectured on comparative law to The German National Insolvency Conference (Frankfurt), Restructuring Professionals in Paris, Madrid & Prague.
Paul served as a law clerk to The Honorable Thomas Croake, Southern District of New York, graduating 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 N.Y. City Bar Banking Committee., also N.Y. State Bar Assoc., Business Section Executive secretary-elect and Bankruptcy Committee, Chair. Paul serves as Budget Committee Co-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: Created the two trust mechanism in a $2 billion mass tort case of a public pharmaceutical corporation in Virginia and counsels German appointed Receivers of global mfg. and distribution corporations regarding U.S. law. Paul timely obtained a U.S. permanent injunction enabling an Argentine cable company to reorganize under Argentine law and a T.R.O. and U.S. Chapter 15 Recognition for a Korean Receiver. Further, Paul conducted international fraud investigations, trial and asset recovery, with a seven figure recovery. He has represented debtors’, creditors’ committees, and creditors, authored confirmed plans providing creditor distributions, and purchased distressed assets as well as successfully conducted out-of-court work-out arrangements.
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