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Steven B. Silverman

Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C.
  • Recognized Since:
    2005
  • Recognized in:
    Commercial Litigation
    Information Technology Law
  • Law School:
    University of Pittsburgh
  • Website:
    http://www.babstcalland.com
  • Location:
    Two Gateway Center, Sixth Floor
    603 Stanwix Street
    Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Area of Emphasis

Steve Silverman is a shareholder in the Litigation Services and Energy & Natural Resources Groups of Babst Calland. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on natural gas title and lease disputes and other energy-related cases. He also devotes a significant amount of his practice to the defense and prosecution of theft of trade secret and non-compete suits. Another significant part of Mr. Silverman’s practice involves Information Technology Law, including licenses, data and document management, and labor and employment matters surrounding the information technology industry.

Mr. Silverman also heads up the firm’s E-Discovery group and devotes a portion of his practice to risk management and cost control issues in that area. He frequently advises companies on the creation of litigation hold policies and data preservation and collection practices. Mr. Silverman has been appointed as an E-Discovery Special Master by the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and also assisted in the creation of that program by serving on its advisory committee.

Mr. Silverman also regularly serves as a mediator, early neutral evaluator and arbitrator in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Background

Mr. Silverman graduated cum laude in 1989 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the University of Pittsburgh Journal of Law and Commerce. He also graduated with honors in 1986 from Franklin and Marshall College.

Memberships and Affiliations

Mr. Silverman is admitted to practice before all Pennsylvania courts, the United States District Courts for both the Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third and Tenth Circuits. He has also been specially admitted to practice before many other state and federal courts throughout the United States. Mr. Silverman is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association where he serves on its Technology and E-Discovery Committee. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.

Mr. Silverman received an AV Preeminent certification rating in a survey of his peers conducted by the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory, and has been named in The Best Lawyers of America® in the Information Technology Law Section (formerly titled the Cyber Law Section) since 2005 and the Commercial Litigation Section since 2013. Mr. Silverman has also been consistently recognized as one of Pennsylvania’s top lawyers in Civil Litigation Defense, according to an annual survey published in Philadelphia magazine.

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Area of Emphasis

Steve Silverman is a shareholder in the Litigation Services and Energy & Natural Resources Groups of Babst Calland. His practice focuses on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on natural gas title and lease disputes and other energy-related cases. He also devotes a significant amount of his practice to the defense and prosecution of theft of trade secret and non-compete suits. Another significant part of Mr. Silverman’s practice involves Information Technology Law, including licenses, data and document management, and labor and employment matters surrounding the information technology industry.

Mr. Silverman also heads up the firm’s E-Discovery group and devotes a portion of his practice to risk management and cost control issues in that area. He frequently advises companies on the creation of litigation hold policies and data preservation and collection practices. Mr. Silverman has been appointed as an E-Discovery Special Master by the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania and also assisted in the creation of that program by serving on its advisory committee.

Mr. Silverman also regularly serves as a mediator, early neutral evaluator and arbitrator in the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.

Background

Mr. Silverman graduated cum laude in 1989 from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, where he served as Managing Editor of the University of Pittsburgh Journal of Law and Commerce. He also graduated with honors in 1986 from Franklin and Marshall College.

Memberships and Affiliations

Mr. Silverman is admitted to practice before all Pennsylvania courts, the United States District Courts for both the Western and Middle Districts of Pennsylvania and the United States Court of Appeals for the Third and Tenth Circuits. He has also been specially admitted to practice before many other state and federal courts throughout the United States. Mr. Silverman is a member of the Allegheny County Bar Association where he serves on its Technology and E-Discovery Committee. He is also a member of the Pennsylvania and American Bar Associations.

Mr. Silverman received an AV Preeminent certification rating in a survey of his peers conducted by the Martindale Hubbell Law Directory, and has been named in The Best Lawyers of America® in the Information Technology Law Section (formerly titled the Cyber Law Section) since 2005 and the Commercial Litigation Section since 2013. Mr. Silverman has also been consistently recognized as one of Pennsylvania’s top lawyers in Civil Litigation Defense, according to an annual survey published in Philadelphia magazine.

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Education:

  • University of Pittsburgh , J.D. , graduated 1989
  • Franklin and Marshall College, B.A. in Government, graduated 1986

Bar Admissions:

  • Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania

Named "Lawyer of the Year" by Best Lawyers for:

  • Information Technology Law, Pittsburgh (2017)
  • Information Technology Law, Pittsburgh (2015)
 

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America for work in:

  • Commercial Litigation
  • Information Technology Law
 

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Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, P.C.
http://www.babstcalland.com
 
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Two Gateway Center, Sixth Floor
603 Stanwix Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412) 394.5400
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