{"id":474,"date":"2021-09-13T20:29:39","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T20:29:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/?p=474"},"modified":"2024-09-10T20:50:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T20:50:02","slug":"a-passion-for-litigation-and-for-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/lawmag\/a-passion-for-litigation-and-for-people\/","title":{"rendered":"A Passion for LITIGATION \u2014 and for People"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Steve Silverman always knew he wanted to be a lawyer. Sure, his father was an attorney, but that wasn\u2019t what really fired his imagination. As a young boy, Silverman was infatuated with the case of the Boston Strangler.<\/p>

\u201cI thought it would be exciting to be in front of a jury defending criminal cases,\u201d says Silverman. \u201cEven at age six, my vision of being a lawyer was of a criminal defense attorney.\u201d<\/p>

Today, Steve Silverman, J.D. \u201991<\/b>, is a\u00a0managing partner at Silverman Thompson Slutkin White<\/a>\u00a0(STSW), the firm he founded in 1994. The firm employs 43 attorneys engaged in a wide range of client work, including personal injury plaintiffs\u2019 work, criminal and civil defense, and corporate litigation. The firm is regularly named to \u201cbest places to work\u201d lists, and Silverman boasts an unimpeachable record that includes a more than two-decade stretch of having never lost a jury trial in a criminal matter.<\/p>

After leaving the University of Richmond with a GPA indicative of Silverman\u2019s fun-loving personality \u2014 if not his studiousness \u2014 his father told him he was going to in-state law school.\u00a0<\/p>

\u201cUB was a nuts-and-bolts school, which in hindsight was great because it focused on the practical skills that make you a good lawyer,\u201d he recalls. \u201cLaw school is where you learn the language of the law. Once you learn it, wherever you learn it, only your personal limitations hold you back.\u201d<\/p>

Silverman took two pieces of advice when he graduated from law school. One came from his father: Don\u2019t be one of those associates you see burning the midnight oil for the sake of the big firm. The other came from a college friend\u2019s father, a former U.S. attorney general, at a party.<\/p>

\u201cHe told me to focus on the public defender\u2019s office out of law school, and I\u2019d run circles around the competition,\u201d he says.<\/p>

After graduation, Silverman did just that, becoming an assistant public defender in Baltimore City in the felony narcotics division. Six days after he was sworn in, he was picking a jury. He won that case and the next five. They were tough cases, but he was a competitive guy, a high school athlete who liked\u00a0a challenge.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>

\u201cThere\u2019s no difference whether\u00a0you\u2019re in a courtroom or a wrestling match \u2014 you want to win,\u201d he states. Still, when his winning streak ended, it hit hard.<\/span><\/p>

\u201cBeing in court was exactly how I imagined it would be when I was a kid,\u201d he says. \u201cWhat I didn\u2019t realize was how much pressure it would be \u2014 someone\u2019s life and liberty are on the line.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>

He went on to try hundreds of jury trials in a few short years. He took on other people\u2019s cases and seized any opportunity to get experience in court. After being in court for about 1,000 consecutive business days, he felt he\u2019d cut his legal baby teeth, had a strong foundation, and was ready to do something on his own. He founded STSW to handle the kinds of cases he wanted, the cases and social issues he found interesting.<\/p>

\u201cI enjoy the mayhem of life,\u201d he says. \u201cThe fun thing about law is there\u2019s always something interesting; you think you\u2019ve seen it all and then you can be flabbergasted by one phone call.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Much of the early work of the firm was learning by experience and bootstrapping. Silverman\u2019s first real civil case was on behalf of a guard at the courthouse whose son died in a tragic accident. He figured out how to prepare the case and recovered damages for the client. If he ended up in a case where he was out of his depth, he would read a book or take a weekend seminar \u2014 and then call the instructor with questions.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor years, we called ourselves \u2018the firm with no adult supervision,\u2019\u201d he quips. \u201cWe work hard but we try to be human about our hours. We don\u2019t tolerate jackasses or people who don\u2019t play nice in the sandbox.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That sort of straight talk is what distinguishes Silverman. Kathleen \u201cKC\u201d Murphy<\/b> is director of the criminal division in the Office of the Attorney General for Maryland<\/a>. She\u2019s known Silverman since the \u201990s, when she was a law clerk in Baltimore City and he was a public defender. Since that time, they\u2019ve had cases opposite each other, most recently in her role as an assistant attorney general.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs an attorney, Steve is consistent, he\u2019s a straight shooter who gets to the real issues and cuts to the chase,\u201d she says. \u201cHe\u2019s always collegial and a pleasure to work with, even when we disagree,\u201d she continues. \u201cIn the courtroom, his style has always been more charm than bluster, and he\u2019s professional and respectful of everyone in the courtroom. He doesn\u2019t need to demean people to be assertive.\u201d <\/p>\n

As dean of The University of Baltimore School of Law from 2007 to 2011, Phillip Closius<\/b><\/a> appreciated Silverman\u2019s keen insight as a member of his advisory council, particularly when Closius was securing funds for the new law school building.<\/p>\n

\u201cSteve brings a lot of energy to everything he gets involved with, and he sees the world through a lens of practicality,\u201d says Closius.<\/p>\n

Now a professor at the law school, Closius is of counsel at STSW in the area of sports law. He\u2019s closed a case against the National Hockey League related to concussions, and he continues to work on a case against the National Football League on the abuse of prescription drugs. Closius says the humane hours and collegial atmosphere at STSW are real and come from the top down.<\/p>\n

\u201cSteve has something I try to talk to my law students about,\u201d says Closius. \u201cIt\u2019s good to be a good lawyer, but you need to be personable to appeal to a jury and to get clients. You can relate to Steve as a person, not just as a lawyer.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2016 Silverman founded the Silverman Thompson Slutkin White fellowship for first-year law students at The University of Baltimore. The inaugural recipient, Greg Waterworth, J.D. \u201918<\/span><\/b>, says the fellowship was a <\/span>unique opportunity to work directly <\/span>with Silverman and other partners.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of opportunities for law students early on are \u2018safe\u2019 or administrative. It\u2019s a coddled experience,\u201d says Waterworth, now a litigation associate at Saul Ewing. \u201c[At STSW] you were treated as a member of a team, so you got over any fear of the unknown and realized that if you don\u2019t know something, you can learn it. I was treated as a colleague, not an intern.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ethan Nochumowitz, J.D. \u201914<\/b><\/a>, had a position as a law clerk at STSW in 2012 and is now an associate there. He explains that the partners select their associates based not only on their GPA, but also on whether they will fit into the culture of the firm, which Nochumowitz says is very much directed by Steve and very much outside the norm of a typical firm.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not high-stress. You\u2019ll see Steve skating around on his skateboard in the office, and associates are encouraged to plan events like pool parties and <\/span>ping pong tournaments,\u201d he says. <\/span><\/p>\n

Yet the experience of a young lawyer at STSW is not all fun and games.<\/p>\n

\u201cSteve got his start in the public defender\u2019s office, and that shaped his view on shaping young lawyers,\u201d says Nochumowitz. \u201cHe was thrown into court, and he believes the best way to become a savvy lawyer is to be thrown into the ring. [The partners] make it a priority <\/span>that you get substantive experience <\/span>early on. You\u2019re not sitting in a cubicle doing research.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Much of Silverman\u2019s charisma and talent for cultivating relationships have shifted him away from the courtroom to building the business of the firm, which he enjoys. But he still jumps in when needed for consultations and takes certain high-profile cases. He successfully defended One Mind Ministries cult member Ria Ramkissoon against a first-degree murder charge that alleged she starved her one-year-old son, a case that captured national headlines. Most recently, he represented Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF) victims Umar Burley and Brent Mathews, who went to federal prison after drugs \u2014 planted by GTTF officers \u2014 were found in their vehicle, as well as former Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh in her \u201cHealthy Holly\u201d case of fraud and tax evasion.<\/p>

Silverman says every case is different and requires a unique approach that\u2019s in the best interest of the client. The Pugh case, though, was especially tough. Because of her fragile physical and mental state as well as the insurmountable evidence, Silverman says the only thing to do was \u201cto work out a resolution without taking advantage of the limelight, so she could get through that case and have a meaningful life,\u201d he says.<\/p>

\u201cThat case was a nightmare. I hated every minute of it,\u201d he continues. \u201cI had people knocking on the door of my home at 9 at night, following me out of my office, taking pictures of me in the grocery store \u2014 it was non-stop. All professionalism and humanity went out the window.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Gregg Bernstein<\/b>, a partner at Zuckerman Spaeder<\/a> and former Baltimore City State\u2019s Attorney, was counsel for Pugh\u2019s campaign finance committee, and thus spent a lot of time with Silverman working through the myriad issues of winding down the fund. It was a relationship that could have become adversarial. He saw Silverman under the media\u2019s pressure and says he handled it \u201cwith a degree of calm and grace.\u201d<\/p>\n

What really mattered to Silverman, says Bernstein, was the client.<\/p>\n

\u201cSteve is extremely tenacious. He\u2019s passionate about his work and his clients. You saw that in his representation of [Umar] Burley; he really put his heart and soul into that,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Bernstein states that he\u2019s gotten to know Silverman personally in the last year, and that a healthy dose of irreverence serves Silverman well. \u201cOne of his strongest assets is that he knows how to read a room. If you can\u2019t read the jury, you\u2019re not effective as a trial lawyer, but it\u2019s a talent and an important skill \u2014 in and out of the courtroom.\u201d<\/p>\n

While he still tries cases, Silverman is focused on building his firm, emulating Edward Bennett Williams, who built his own successful Washington, D.C., firm, Williams & Connolly.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe business of law is as interesting to me as the practice of law,\u201d Silverman says. \u201cTo grow a law firm, you do the right things by people, and tell the truth, and people will call on you for other matters.\u201d<\/p>\n

Silverman is extremely personable and easygoing. Yet he says he\u2019s more introvert than extrovert, and he likes dogs more than most people. He\u2019s still an athlete, running three to five miles a day on a trail near his Baltimore County home. He\u2019s played guitar since he was young (he keeps a guitar at the office) and he loves traveling to concerts and sporting events, especially those of the clients his firm represents. All that was squelched by the coronavirus pandemic, so he has spent that time making improvements to his house, spending time with his wife and his dogs, and keeping up with his two adult children. Post-quarantine, he and his wife are collaborating on a redesign of STSW\u2019s downtown office space. <\/p>\n

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