Background
Silverman, Leon was born on June 9, 1921 in New York City.
Silverman, Leon was born on June 9, 1921 in New York City.
Bachelor of Arts, Brooklyn College, 1942; Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1948; postgraduate, London School Economics, 1948-1949.
Worked at Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. Admitted to the bar, 1949, New York. Assistant United States.
Attorney, Southern District of New York, 1953-1955. Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 1958-1959. United States Special Prosecutor of Secretary of Labor, 1981-1982.
Independent Counsel, 1985-1987. Counsel to Governors Committee to Review: New York Laws and Procedure in the Area of Human Rights, 1967-1968. Legislative and Judicial Salaries, 1972-1973.
Member, Board of Directors, 1967, President, 1971-1973, Legal Aid Society. Trustee, Practising Law Institute, 1973. Trustee, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, 1983.
Trustee, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1990. Member, Board of Governors, American Jewish Committee, 1984-1990. Chairman, Legal Council for Soviet Jewry, 1987-1990.
Recipient: American Jewish Committee's Learned Hand Human Relations Award, 1981. Federal Bar Council's Emory Buckner Medal for Outstanding Public Service, 1982. United Jewish Appeal's Judge Joseph Proskauer Award for Leadership and Services in the Finest Tradition of the Law, 1985.
Brandeis Distinguished Community Service Award, 1991. Member, Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules, Judicial Conference of the United States., 1977-1981. Special Master, Supreme Court Appellate Division, First Department, 1991.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (Vice President, 1973-1975. Member, Executive Committee, 1975-1979). New York State, Federal and American Bar Associations.
Federal Bar Council (Vice President, 1973-1975). Supreme Court Historical Society (Trustee, 1991. President, 1991). Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (President, 1982-1983).
Member, Board of Directors, 1967, President, 1971-1973, Legal Aid Society. Trustee, Practising Law Institute, 1973. Trustee, William Nelson Cromwell Foundation, 1983.
Trustee, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 1990. Member, Board of Governors, American Jewish Committee, 1984-1990. Chairman, Legal Council for Soviet Jewry, 1987-1990.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers (President, 1982-1983).
