Attorney Profiles

Attorney, Of Counsel

Barry S. Silver is of counsel to Addis, Greenberg & Schultz, L.L.C. He has been an attorney for over 27 years. Mr. Silver has handled over 3,000 cases. His practice concentrates in personal injury, workers' compensation claims and litigation

Mr. Silver is a graduate of the University of Illinois College of Law (J.D. 1974). He was admitted to practice in 1974 in the State of Illinois, and the Federal Trial Bar for the Northern District of Illinois.

Mr. Silver has been in private practice since 1981. Prior to that, he was an associate at Beermann, Swerdlove. Also, he was a trial attorney in the felony division of the Cook County Public Defender's Office for seven years, and was a member of the Vertical Representation Task Force. This involved representing violent crime defendants from the case's inception through its conclusion.

Mr. Silver has served as an instructor of trial advocacy at the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (Boulder, Colorado); Hofstra University Law School (Long Island, New York); and Emory University Law School (Atlanta, Georgia).

Mr. Silver is an arbitration panel member of the American Arbitration Association and the Circuit Court of Lake County. He is also a member of the following Bar associations: Chicago Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Northwest Suburban Bar Association, Lake County Bar Association, Illinois Trial Lawyers Association and the Decalogue Society.