Assistant Professor of Law
B.A., 1993, Hamilton College
J.D., 1996, New York University
Professor Silverstein joined the faculty in 2004. He teaches Contracts, Secured Transactions and Jurisprudence. His research interests include bankruptcy and civil procedure. While a student at New York University School of Law, Professor Silverstein was named to the Order of the Coif and was the Legal Theory Editor for the Review of Law and Social Change. After graduation, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Suzanne B. Conlon, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois. Professor Silverstein then became a litigation associate at the law firm of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw in Chicago. There, he worked on a wide variety of matters, including products liability, bankruptcy, and accounting malpractice cases. Professor Silverstein subsequently joined the Chicago law firm of Freeborn & Peters, where he practiced in the area of commercial litigation, focusing on antitrust disputes and business torts.
E-mail:jmsilverstei@ualr.edu
Curriculum Vitae (pdf)
Phone: 501.324.9941
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Revised: 8/13/2007