Background
Silverman, Samuel Joshua was born on September 25, 1908 in Odessa, Russia. Son of Benjamin and Ida (Kagarlitzky) Silverman. came to the United States, 1913.
Silverman, Samuel Joshua was born on September 25, 1908 in Odessa, Russia. Son of Benjamin and Ida (Kagarlitzky) Silverman. came to the United States, 1913.
Student, New York University, 1925; Bachelor of Arts, Columbia University, 1928; Bachelor of Laws, Columbia University, 1930.
Worked at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison (New York, New York) specializing in Litigation-Appeals. Admitted to the bar, 1931, New New York Phi Beta Kappa. Decisions Editor, Columbia Law Review, 1929-1930.
Kent Scholar.
Assistant Corporation Counsel, New York City, 1938-1940. Justice, New York Supreme Court, 1963-1966 and 1971-1975. Associate Justice, Appellate Division, Supreme Court, First Department, 1976-1984.
Surrogate, New York County, 1967-1970.
Special Master, Appellate Division, First Department, 1985-1989. Member and Special Counsel, Disciplinary Committee, First Department, 1987.
Chairman and Chair Emeritus, New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics, 1987. Board of Directors, First Department Assigned Counsel Corporation, 1989-1993.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York
American Bar Association. American Law Institute. Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Member: The Association of the Bar of the City of New New York American Bar Association. American Law Institute.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers.
Son of; married Claire Gfroerer, August 21, 1941.