Arthur C. Silverman
Partner
Duane Morris LLP
1540 Broadway
New York, NY 10036-4086
USA
Phone: +1 212 692 1096
Fax: +1 212 401 4729
Email:
asilverman@duanemorris.com
Arthur C. Silverman's practice is in construction law and litigation. He has represented interests relating to the construction and project finance processes, including owners, developers, lenders, institutions, program managers, construction managers, general contractors, architects, engineers and trade contractors. His experience includes international and domestic contract negotiation and documentation; construction management, general contractor and design-build agreements; general conditions integrated and coordinated with those of the architect/engineering team; trade contracts; agreements with the design team; development agreements; and design, build, operate and turn-over agreements.
Some recent examples of projects in which Mr. Silverman has represented owners include the World Trade Center Memorial, the JetBlue Terminal at JFK Airport, high-tech uplink facilities for Home Box Office and the new campus for the Hunter College School of Social Work of the City University of New York.
Mr. Silverman is also experienced in distressed property workouts involving partially completed projects. He has written and lectured on construction industry problems involving creditors' rights and competing security interests and works closely with creditors' rights and bankruptcy lawyers in the Business Reorganization Department of Duane Morris.
Complementing the transactional side of Mr. Silverman's practice are many years of experience in construction litigation and arbitration involving prosecution and defense of claims for extra work, delays, inefficiencies, and defective work. Examples of defective work cases handled by him: leaking building envelopes (e.g., façade, windows, roofs); mold; improperly performing heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems; geotechnical and building support problems; and structural deficiencies.
Mr. Silverman has had considerable non-lawyer, leadership experience on behalf of non-profit owners engaged in complex and successfully completed construction projects. He also served for over 15 years as general outside counsel and board member of one of America's leading construction companies. The experience gained from these real-world efforts inform Mr. Silverman's legal advice to owner/developer clients concerning preconstruction services, project development, risk allocation, scope, incentives, liquidated damages, contingencies, principal guaranties, surety bonding, subcontractor default insurance, timely performance, budget development and compliance, and cost control.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Silverman served a clerkship with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He is also an M.I.T.-graduate engineer.
Areas of Practice
- Construction Law
- Construction Project Transactional Documentation and Negotiation
- Dispute Resolution
- Project Workouts and Creditors' Rights
Professional Activities
- American Bar Association
- Forum on the Construction Industry
- Section of Litigation
-- Committee on Construction Litigation
- Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law, Commercial Real Estate Transactions Group
-- Committee on Design and Construction
- Section on Business Law - Federal Bar Council
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- Construction Law Committee - Construction Specifications Institute
- Professional Member - The National Society of Professional Engineers
- Associate Member - New York Society of Professional Engineers
- New York State Bar Association
- Real Estate Section
- Dispute Resolution Section
- Torts, Insurance and Compensation Law Section
Admissions
- New York
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- U.S. District Courts of New York
Education
- Columbia University School of Law, J.D.
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, S.B.
Experience
- Duane Morris LLP
- Partner, 2008-present - Thelen LLP
- Partner, 1989-2008
Honors and Awards
- Listed in Corporate Counsel's Best Lawyers, 2011
- Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, 2007-2012
- Construction Law - Listed in Avenue magazine's Legal Elite, 2010
- Listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
- Leading Construction Lawyer in New York - Listed in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition, 2008-2011
- Listed in Who's Who in American Law
- Listed in Who's Who in America
- Listed in New York Super Lawyers, 2006-2011
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
Selected Publications
- "Getting the Most for Owners in Construction Contracting," The Voice (the official publication of The Construction Users Roundtable), Fall 2009
