Attorney Profile

Geoffrey L. Silverman

Geoffrey Silverman

Silverman & Morris, P.L.L.C.
30500 Northwestern Highway, Suite 200
Farmington Hills, MI 48334

Farmington Hills

Michigan (MI)

T: 248-539-1330
F: 248-539-1355

Practice Areas

Bankruptcy & Creditor/Debtor Rights

Selected To

• Michigan Super Lawyers 2011
• Michigan Super Lawyers 2010
• Michigan Super Lawyers 2009
• Michigan Super Lawyers 2008

Profile

Geoffrey L. Silverman is a founding partner of Silverman & Morris, P.L.L.C., a West Bloomfield, Michigan, law firm handling bankruptcy, insolvency and commercial matters for individual, local, national and foreign clients. Mr. Silverman's practice is largely focused on commercial and consumer bankruptcy cases, bankruptcy litigation, workouts, and debtors' and creditors' rights issues. Clients whom he has represented in these matter include debtors, majority owners, minority owners, secured creditors, individual unsecured creditors, certified classes of unsecured creditors, landlords, tenants, suppliers, customers, spouses of debtors, co-owners, preference defendants and trustees. Mr. Silverman also practices in the areas of commercial law and commercial litigation.

Mr. Silverman graduated with cum laude honors from University of Michigan School of Law in 1979 and is admitted to practice in Michigan, Indiana, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern and Western Districts of Michigan and the Southern District of Indiana, and in the United States Court of Appeals for both the 6th and 7th Circuits. Mr. Silverman also holds an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell and is a frequently featured speaker on bankruptcy law and related topics at legal seminars.

*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.

About Geoffrey Silverman

Law School: The University of Michigan Law School

Admitted: 1982, Michigan

Professional Webpage: www.silvermanmorris.com/silverman.htm

Bar/Professional Activity:

  • Indiana Bar Association
  • Federal Bar Association
  • State Bar of Michigan, Debtors and Creditors Rights Section
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit
  • U.S. District Court Western District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court Eastern District of Michigan
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Indiana
  • Indiana, 1979
  • Michigan, 1982

Scholarly Lectures and Writings:

  • Lecturer, Bankruptcy Law

Educational Background:

  • Indiana University, B.A. in Political Science and History, 1976
  • Senior Instructor, Writing and Advocacy Program - University of Michigan Law School, 1978
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