Attorney Info
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 practices in the area of construction law and litigation. Mr. Silverman has represented interests relating to the construction and project finance processes, including owners, developers, lenders, institutions, program managers, construction managers, general contractors, members of the design team and trade contractors. His experience includes international and domestic contract documentation; program management, construction management, general contractor and design-build agreements; general conditions and trade contracts; agreements with the design team; joint ventures; consortium and partnering agreements; and design, build, operate and turn-over agreements.
Mr. Silverman is 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.
Prior to entering private practice, Mr. Silverman served a clerkship with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
A member of the American, New York State and Federal bar associations and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Mr. Silverman is a 1964 graduate of Columbia Law School and a graduate of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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 - Federal Bar Council
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York
- 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
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 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, 2008 and 2009
- Leading Construction Lawyer in New York - Listed in Super Lawyers Corporate Counsel Edition, 2008-2009
- Listed in Best Lawyers in America, 2008, 2009 and 2010
- Construction Law - Listed in Who's Who in American Law
- Listed in Who's Who in America
- Listed in New York Super Lawyers, 2006-2009
Selected Publications
- "Getting the Most for Owners in Construction Contracting," The Voice, Fall 2009
