Background
Silverman, Elliot was born on March 15, 1954 in Brooklyn.
Silverman, Elliot was born on March 15, 1954 in Brooklyn.
Brooklyn College (Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, 1975). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1978).
Worked at McDermott, Will & Emery (New York, New York) specializing in General Practice (including Corporate, Employee Benefits, Estate Planning, Health, Litigation and Tax Law). Admitted to the bar, 1979, New New York United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New New York
United States.
Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. United States. Tax Court. 1980, United States. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.
1988, United States.
Court of Appeals, Sixth and Seventh Circuits. 1989, United States. Supreme Court. 1990, United States. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Phi Beta Kappa.
Author: "Contract or Number Contract?" 4 The Baltic Number. 3, July 1995; "Turning The Other Cheek: Tax Fraud, Tax Protest and The Willfulness Requirement," 69 Journal of Taxation 302, 1991. "Is Affirmative Misconduct Necessary for Tax Evasion?" 66 Journal of Taxation 112, February, 1987.
"Life During Wartime: The Civil Problems of the Tax Shelter Promoter," 44th Annual New York University Institute on Federal Taxation, Church
7, 1986; "The Fifth Amendment Privilege for Corporate Documents: The Latest Chapter," 64 Taxes: The Tax Magazine 24, February, 1986. Company-author: ""Failure to File" Syndrome: Legal and Medical Perspectives," New York Law Journal, February, 1994.
"Tax Fraud: Audits, Investigations, Prosecutions," Matthew Bender, 1980 and Annual Updates. "Supreme Court"s Rylander Decision Contains a Message Foreign Corporate Record Custodians," The Journal of Taxation, July, 1983.
"Criminal Tax Cases," chapter in White Collar Crime (Obermaier & Morville, eds.), 1990 and annual updates.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Secretary, Criminal Law Committee, 1982-1983). American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Criminal Justice; Taxation).
New York County Lawyers Association.
McDermott, Will & Emery is an international law firm founded in 1934. Originally a Chicago tax law practice, the firm has established a full-service presence in seven domestic and three international offices with more than 600 attorneys.
Clients include large corporations and individuals as well as small and medium-sized businesses. The firm represents a wide range of industrial, financial and commercial enterprises, both publicly and privately held.
Firm attorneys represent clients in every state as well as numerous foreign jurisdictions.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Secretary, Criminal Law Committee, 1982-1983). American Bar Association (Member, Sections on: Litigation. Criminal Justice; Taxation).
New York County Lawyers Association.