Adam Silverstone handles a variety of commercial transactions and general litigation matters in the areas of real estate, landlord-tenant, employment, environmental and transportation law.

Prior to joining Lewis Johs, Adam served as the online editor for American Banker, an award-winning daily newspaper and interactive web site serving the information needs of the banking and financial services industry.  Earlier in his career, Adam was a senior project manager and attorney-editor at West Group where he managed a team of attorneys and technical staff in the planning, development and production of CD-ROM and Internet-based environmental, health and safety products for the legal community.  In addition, Adam served as a legal editor for Clark Boardman Callaghan, where he authored and edited legal manuscripts for publication.

Adam was admitted to practice law in the State of New York in 1993 and the District of Columbia in 1994.  He was also admitted to practice before the United States District Courts for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York in 1994.  He is a member of the New York State and City of New York Bar Associations.

Adam earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1992 from The American University, Washington College of Law.  In 1989, he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree, with honors, from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh.  In 1998, Adam was selected as a Danish International Studies (DIS) Scholar and studied at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

Associations

• New York State Bar Association
• Association of the Bar of the City of New York

Admitted

• State of New York in 1993
• District of Columbia in 1994
• United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York in 1994

Published

• Rhode Island Chapter of 50-state Survey of the Law of Legal Malpractice
  • Nov 2015: Professional Liability Group of the Primerus Defense Institute
• School Bus Safety: What Can Our Schools do to Protect Our Children? (Co-author)
  • Dec 2014: The Transportation Lawyer