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ALAN
SILBER |
| Office
Address: |
Silber
& Slater
710
E. High Street
Charlottesville,
Virginia 22902 |
| Telephone: |
(434)
817-1613 |
| Facsimile: |
(434)
817-1614 |
| Date
Of Birth: |
October
21, 1938 |
| Education: |
|
| 1965 |
LL.B.
Columbia University School of Law |
| 1960 |
B.A.
Duke University |
| Bar
Admissions: |
|
| Year |
State |
Federal |
| 1965 |
New
Jersey |
United
States Supreme Court |
| (Certified
Criminal Trial Lawyer) |
|
| 1972 |
California |
|
| 1982 |
New
York |
United
States Court of Appeals:
For the Second Circuit
For the Third Circuit
For the Fourth Circuit
For the Sixth Circuit
For the Ninth Circuit
United States District
Court
District of New
Jersey
Southern District
of New York
Eastern District
of New York
Northern District
of New York
Central District
of California
Northern District
of California
District of Hawaii |
| 2002 |
Virginia |
Western
District of Virginia
Eastern District
of Virginia |
| Professional
Experience: |
| 2002
– Present |
SILBER
& SLATER
710
E. High Street
Charlottesville,
Virginia 22902
This
is a two lawyer litigation firm with an emphasis on trial and appellate
criminal litigation in state and federal courts. My practice has been
representing defendants and appellants in white-color crimes, money
laundering, forfeiture, substantial drug cases, and other sophisticated
criminal cases, including RICO and C.C.E. |
| 2000
– 2002 |
GIBBONS,
DEL DEO, DOLAN,
GRIFFINGER
& VECCHIONE – PARTNER
One
Riverfront Plaza
Newark,
New Jersey 07102-5497 |
| 1988
– 2000 |
HAYDEN
& SILBER – PARTNER
1500
Harbor Boulevard
Weehawken,
New Jersey 07087 |
| 1982
– 1987 |
SILBER
& RUBIN – PARTNER
177
Prince street
New
York, New York 10012 |
| 1980
– 1982 |
PODVEY,
SACHS, CATENACCI
&
SILBER, ESQS. – PARTNER
Gateway
One
Newark,
New Jersey 07102 |
| 1975
– 1980 |
LAW
OFFICES OF ALAN SILBER – PARTNER
33
Evergreen Place
East
Orange, New Jersey 07018 |
| 1973
– 1975 |
BROWN,
VOGELMAN & ASHLEY – ASSOCIATE
Jersey
City, New Jersey 07306 |
| 1968
– 1973 |
ESSEX
COUNTY PROSECUTOR’S OFFICE –
ASSISTANT PROSECUTOR
Essex
County Court’s Building
Newark,
New Jersey 07102
Head
of Economic Crime and Political
Corruption
Section |
| |
|
|
Criminal
Defense Seminar
Speaker
“Ethics in Time
of War”
Key West, FL – December
2002 |
|
|
Virginia
College of Criminal Defense
Panelist
“Ethics”
Tyson’s Corner,
VA – May 2002 |
|
|
Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers-NJ
Speaker
“Due Process in
Drug Case Sentencing”
New Brunswick, NJ
– April 2002 |
|
|
Louisiana
Association of Criminal Lawyers
Speaker
“When Integrity
Is Not Enough”
New Orleans, LA
– April 2000 |
|
|
National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Speaker
“Our
Raison de Etra: Why We Do What We Do”
Washington, DC –
July 1999 |
|
|
Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers-NJ
Speaker
"Hope for the
Hopeless: Defending the Defenseless Drug Case"
New Brunswick, NJ
– October 1998 |
|
|
Oregon
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Speaker
“Zealous Advocacy,
Client Fraud, and the Committee On Public Safety: Select Problems in
Ethics”
Bend, OR. – June
1998 |
|
|
Criminal
Defense Seminar
Speaker
“Ethics: A Slippery
Slope”
Aspen, CO. – May
1998 |
|
|
Federal
Bar Association of New Jersey
Speaker
"The Lawyer’s
Duty of Candor to the Court"
West Orange, NJ
– March 1998 |
|
|
Criminal
Defense Seminar
Speaker
"Ethics, Fees,
and War"
Key West, FL – December
1997 |
|
|
Louisiana
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Jazz Festival Legal
Seminar
Speaker
"Ethics in
Defending Criminal Cases"
New Orleans, LA
– May 1995 |
|
|
Institute
For Continuing Legal Education (NJ)
Forfeiture Law and
Procedure
Speaker
"Issues for
Claimant/Defendants in State Cases"
New Brunswick, NJ
– May 1994 |
|
|
Drug
Policy Foundation
Panelist
"Practical
Tips on Pre-Trial Detention"
Washington, DC –
November 1993 |
|
|
Louisiana
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Jazz Festival Legal
Seminar
Speaker
"Ethics in
Drug Defense"
New Orleans, LA
– April 1993 |
|
|
Drug
Policy Foundation
Speaker
"Ethics in
Criminal Defense"
Washington, DC –
November 1992 |
|
|
Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers-NJ
Organizer and Moderator
"Advanced Cross
Examination Seminar"
New Brunswick, NJ
– September 1991 |
|
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Rhode
Island Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Speaker
"Federal Forfeiture
– Civil and Criminal"
Providence, RI –
February 1991 |
|
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Drug
Policy Foundation
Speaker
"Liberty As
a Casualty of the War On Drugs"
Washington, DC –
November 1990 |
|
|
Boardwalk
Seminar
American Trial Lawyers
Association
Speaker
"Recent Developments
in Forfeiture"
Atlantic City, NJ
– April 1990 |
|
|
State
Bar Association and Institute
For Continuing Legal
Education
Speaker
"The Role of
Forfeiture in the Counter Revolution Against the Bill of Rights"
New Brunswick, NJ
– April 1990 |
|
|
Boardwalk
Seminar
American Trial Lawyers
Association
Speaker
"Forfeiture-State
and Federal"
Atlantic City, NJ
– April 1989 |
|
|
New
Jersey Federal Judiciary
Speaker
"Sentence Guidelines
From the View of the Practitioner"
New Brunswick, NJ
– July 1988 |
|
|
Boardwalk
Seminar
American Trial Lawyers
Association
Speaker
"Eyewitness
Identification"
Atlantic City, NJ
– April 1988 |
|
|
Institute
for Continuing Legal Education (NJ) Criminal Defense Seminar
Speaker
"Role of the
Criminal Defense Lawyer"
Edison, NJ – October
1987 |
|
|
International
Criminal Defense Seminar
Speaker
"The Costs
of the Drug Prohibition to the Concept of Limited Government"
London, England
– July 1987 |
|
|
Criminal
Defense Seminar
Cuyahoga County
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Speaker
"The Lawyers
Constitutional Role in Fourth Amendment Litigation"
Cleveland, OH –
June 1987 |
|
|
Advanced
Seminar Criminal Defense
Speaker
"The
War on Drugs and Civil Liberties"
Aspen, CO – February
1987 |
|
|
Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers-NJ
Seminar: “Bail”
Chairman and Speaker
"Detention
Hearings From The View of the Practitioner"
Jamestown, NJ –
November 1986 |
|
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Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers-NJ
Seminar: “Jury Selection”
Participant and
Chairman
Hightstown, NJ –
April 1986 |
|
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Association
of Criminal Defense Lawyers-NJ
Seminar: “Cross-Examination”
Participant and
Chairman
New Brunswick, NJ
– September 1985 |
|
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National
Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
Seminar: "Four
Judges’ and Four Lawyers’ View of Criminal Practice"
Speaker
New York, NY – November
1985 |
|
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Atlanta
Bar Association
Speaker
"Dealing With
Informers and the Government's Policy To Make Your Client One"
Atlanta, GA – June
1984 |
|
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Criminal
Defense Seminar
Panel Participant
"How to Investigate
Informers"
Washington, DC –
May 1984 |
|
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Criminal
Defense Seminar
Seminar: Co-Chairman
"Defending
the Drugless Drug Case"
Washington, DC -
November 1983 |
|
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Criminal
Defense Seminar
Speaker
"Use of Polygraph,
Experts, and Other Gizmos"
Washington, DC –
November 1982 |
|
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Western
State University School of Law
Instructor
"Criminal Law"
Orange County, CA
Spring Semester
1970 |
| Publications: |
|
| 1.
Silber, A. (1998) |
“Maximizing
Your Chance of Keeping The Fee Without Violating the Ethical Rules”
The Vindicator (Ohio
Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Fall 1998) |
| 2.
Silber, A. (1991) |
"The
War on Drugs is Destroying an Independent Defense Bar"
The Champion (March
1991) |
| 3.
Silber, A. (1984) |
"Resisting
Pressures To Become An Informant"
Drug Law Reporter
July - August, 1984
(Vol. 1, No. 10) |
| 4.
Silber, A. (1966) |
“Obscenity
Should It Be Protected Free Speech"
89 New Jersey Law
Journal 193 (1966) |
| 5.
Silber, A. (1966) |
“Supreme
Court And Obscenity-Restrictions On First Amendment Freedoms Through
Loss Of Predictability"
21 Rutgers L. Rev.
56 (1966) |
