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FN:Michael J. Silverman
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Suite 3700
190 South LaSalle Street
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NOTE;ENCODING=QUOTED-PRINTABLE: Michael J. Silverman is a partner in and General Counsel of Duane Morris LLP. He is the chair of the firm's Information Technologies and Telecommunications Practice Group and a member of the Trial Department.
Mr. Silverman represents clients in computer, e-commerce and technology law transactions, systems development disputes, commercial disputes and shareholder disputes. Mr. Silverman has counseled clients (vendors and users) on negotiating and drafting systems development contracts and outsourcing agreements, domestic and international software license agreements, Web hosting and development agreements, and telecommunications service agreements. Mr. Silverman has also litigated a number of large-scale information technology and e-commerce system failure disputes, as well as complex financial fraud, shareholder trade secret, non-competition, and commercial disputes in state and federal courts and before arbitrators.
Mr. Silverman also counsels clients regarding numerous areas of e-commerce and Internet law, including structuring relationships, processes and contracts for e-commerce endeavors (such as joint ventures, channel partner, ASP and co-marketing arrangements) and for delivering products and services to consumers and businesses over the Internet. He assists clients in managing IT and Internet law issues in M&A transactions and counsels clients on privacy and security issues relating to Internet and network-based activities.
Recently, Mr. Silverman managed a team of Duane Morris lawyers negotiating more than 800 customer contracts in a year for one of the world's largest information database providers. He assisted the client in the development of its suite of form customer contracts to license its products, enter into e-commerce relationships with business partners and provide services to end users.
In November 2007, Mr. Silverman was cited in The BTI Client Service All-Star Team for Corporate Transactions for "delivering truly superior client service in corporate M&A work." Previously, he served as special counsel to the City of Chicago regarding the Y2K computer issue. He also served on the Mayor's Council of Technology Advisors for the City of Chicago. A member of the Information Technology and Telecommunications Working Group for the Metropolitan Planning Council of Chicago, he is a certified public accountant and a certified fraud examiner. He writes and speaks frequently on a variety of legal topics, including those related to systems development contracts and system failure disputes, software licensing, cybercrime prevention, trade secrets, outsourcing, privacy and e-commerce and has acted as a legal source for various members of the press, including Computer World Magazine and CNN's Burden of Proof.
Admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Mr. Silverman is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, the American Bar Association and the Computer Law Association. He is a graduate of Northwestern University School of Law and graduate of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign (B.S., accounting).
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