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Shareholder
Areas of Practice
Mr.
Silberman is a member of the firm’s Construction and Government Contracts Practice Groups.
Professional Qualifications
Mr.
Silberman has specialized in construction and public contracts advice and litigation since 1992. He has represented contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in the construction, defense, technology and service industries and represented managers and owners in the construction industry. His experience includes contracts for federal, state and local public entities and for private, commercial projects. He has helped clients evaluate, negotiate and draft solicitations, proposals and bids; negotiated and evaluated proposed contract terms; litigated bid protests of public contract awards; investigated and litigated claims for delay, disruption, payment, defects, and fraud or false claims; and advised and represented clients in connection with contract terminations, suspension and debarment, bond requirements, mechanics liens and other payment issues, and disabled access issues.
Mr.
Silberman has spoken and published articles on a wide variety of construction and government contracts law subjects, including false claims, terminations, prime-subcontractor payment issues, Building Information Modeling (BIM), green building, IT procurements, abandonment/cardinal change claims, disabled access and licensing.
Mr.
Silberman is a leader in several prominent construction and government contracts organizations. He is co-chair of the ABA Public Contract Law Section’s Construction Division (and is a former chair of its Procurement Fraud and Strategic Alliances, Teaming and Subcontracting Committees). He is immediate past chair of the Specialty Trade Contractors & Suppliers Division of the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry. He serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the Bay Area District of AGC-California, is a former chair of the AGC-C's Legal Advisory Committee and a former member of its Executive Committee. He also serves as co-chair of the Design Professional Liability Subcommittee of the ABA Litigation Section's Construction Committee, is past chair of its Public Construction and Damages Committees, and is an active member of the ITAA’s IT Accessibility Regulation Task Force (disabled access issues for public contracts).
Mr.
Silberman has also advised clients and handled litigation of environmental, employment and commercial law issues.
Education
J.D., University of California
Los Angeles Law School, 1992
With Honors; Editor, Environmental Law Review
B.B.A., University of Michigan,
1989
With Honors
Bar Admissions
California - 1992
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Practices
Construction
Government Contracts
Recent Publications and Public Speaking
The California False Claims Act: A Powerful Weapon Against Contractors Gets More Powerful
(PDF) AGC California Legal Briefs Issue 10 - 01, May 2010
Disputes and Litigation of Energy Savings Performance Contracts
(PDF) Construct!, Vol. 19, No. 1, Spring 2010
"CalGreen: Green Building in California Moves Beyond Voluntary Measures"
(PDF) California Constructor, Vol. 40, No. 3, March 2010
(co-authored)
Federal Government Construction Contracts
ABA Publishing, 2010 (table of contents – PDF) (co-edited,
co-authored)
Best Practices in the Acquisition of a Government Contractor
ABA Publishing, 2010 (table of contents – PDF) (co-authored)
Government Contract Terminations: Terminations for Convenience
1-day course for Federal Publications in Las Vegas, NV, December 10, 2009
Recent Developments in Terminations for Default
Presentation at the Federal Publications 2009 Government Contracting Review and 2010 Outlook, in Los Angeles, CA, Dec. 2, 2009
The Future is Bright for Energy Savings Performance Contracts
Presentation at the Federal Procurement Institute in Annapolis, MD, March 5, 2009
Contact
Robert Dollar Building, 10th Floor
311 California Street
San Francisco, CA 94104
Phone: 415.365.5339
Fax: 415.956.6457
asilberman@rjo.com
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