* Richard A Silver - Family Attorneys: Stamford CT

Stamford, Connecticut Attorneys
* Wrongful Death
* Medical Malpractice
* Birth Injuries / Cerebral Palsy / Erb's Palsy
* Traumatic Brain Injury / Acquired Brain Injury
* Personal Injury
* Spinal Cord Injuries
* Complex Civil Litigation
* Whistleblower Representation

Richard A Silver
Silver Golub & Teitell LLP
184 Atlantic St
Stamford CT 06904-0389
Tel: 203 325-4491
Fax: 203 325-3769
E-mail: rsilver@sgtlaw.com

* Fellow - American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers

Areas of Practice
* Medical malpractice
* Automobile negligence
* Product liability
* Commercial litigation

Recognized for excellence

Richard A. Silver, senior partner of Silver Golub & Teitell, has long been recognized as a leader of the litigation bar in the state of Connecticut and has been listed in Best Lawyers in America under Personal Injury and Medical Malpractice Litigation for the last 20 years. The July 2007 issue of Connecticut Magazine listed Mr. Silver as one of the top ten lawyers in the state, and he has also been included in Connecticut Magazine's Super Lawyers* since its inception. Mr. Silver has appeared numerous times on Court TV and other media outlets to comment on important issues involving civil litigation.

Sharing his expertise with the legal community

A former president of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, Mr. Silver currently serves on its board and chairs its Medical Malpractice Committee. He is also past president of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a prestigious organization of Connecticut plaintiff and defense trial attorneys.

Mr. Silver has taught trial practice at the Yale Law School and is on the advisory board of the Quinnipiac Law School. He has served as chairman of the Judicial Selection Commission, which is charged with the selection of new judges and reappointment of sitting judges. He has also served as a case evaluator for other attorneys' cases on behalf of the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association. Mr. Silver has served as a special master for the federal and state courts in Connecticut.

He has authored numerous articles and lectured extensively for the Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association on medical malpractice, proving damages, products liability, structured settlements, business torts, and commercial litigation.

Obtaining history-making verdicts

In 2008, Mr. Silver, together with his partner, Angelo Ziotas, obtained the largest jury verdict in a medical malpractice action in Connecticut history when a Stamford jury awarded his clients $38.5 million to compensate a young boy who suffered severe neurological injuries during childbirth.

Mr. Silver has accomplished many significant and groundbreaking results for his clients. He was trial counsel in the case of Katsetos v. Nolan, a decision affirmed by the Connecticut Supreme Court, which, at the time, was the highest death verdict in the state of Connecticut. The Katsetos case is frequently cited as authority in medical malpractice cases.

A number of years later, Mr. Silver won a $3.6 million verdict in Pisel v. Stamford Hospital, the first verdict over $1 million in the state of Connecticut. He routinely obtains some of the largest jury verdicts and settlements in Connecticut, including the following:
* A $10 million settlement for his clients in a medical malpractice case involving a misdiagnosis and resulting in brain damage of an infant
* A $9 million settlement for his clients in a medical malpractice case involving birth trauma
* A $16.7 million settlement for his clients in a medical malpractice case resulting in permanent brain damage of a woman as a result of an anesthesiologist's failure to properly monitor vital signs during the cesarean section delivery of her first child
* A $13.2 million settlement for his clients in a medical malpractice case involving a 35-year-old woman with three children who sustained brain damage during a routine tubal ligation procedure

Mr. Silver has also obtained many multimillion-dollar verdicts and settlements for clients who have been severely injured in serious accidents. He was lead counsel in the Mianus River Bridge collapse cases and participated as counsel in the L'Ambiance Plaza building failure cases. In addition, Mr. Silver was counsel for numerous plaintiffs in the Bhopal, India gas explosion and was a member of the 28-person national executive committee controlling that litigation.