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About Joel Silberman
Joel Silberman represents people whose rights were violated by police and government, in federal and New Jersey courts.
About Joel Silberman
A Former Prosecutor Holding Law Enforcement Accountable
Joel Silberman represents people whose civil rights were violated by police officers, jails and government agencies. He brings civil rights lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey under 42 U.S.C. 1983, and in New Jersey’s state courts under the New Jersey Civil Rights Act and Constitution.
Before that, he spent nearly four years as a Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor. He knows how police and prosecutors investigate and build cases - which is exactly why he is effective at holding them to account.
- Focus
- Joel Silberman brings police-misconduct claims — excessive force, false arrest and malicious prosecution — in federal and New Jersey state courts. More on the civil rights practice.
- Courts
- Mr. Silberman has experience bringing these types of suits in the Federal Court for the District of New Jersey pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 as well as in New Jersey’s various state courts pursuant to the New Jersey Civil Rights Act and Constitution.
- Investigation
- Joel Silberman knows that exhaustive investigation and analysis of evidence by independent experts is often the difference in a case. Joel Silberman has a large network of experts in fields such as medicine, accident reconstruction and private investigators.
A champion shows who he is by what he does when he is tested. When a person gets up and says ‘I can still do it’, he’s a champion. -Evander Holyfield
— Joel brings a boxer’s tenacity to every case.
Background & Experience
The Path To Private Practice
Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University
Joel Silberman’s legal career started when he earned his Juris Doctor from Seton Hall University School of Law in Newark, New Jersey.
Judicial Clerk to the Honorable George F. Rohde, Jr., J.S.C.
After finishing law school, Joel was a Judicial Clerk to the Honorable George F. Rohde, Jr., J.S.C. in the Superior Court of New Jersey’s Law Division, Criminal Part in Passaic County. During that time Joel spent countless hours learning the inner workings of New Jersey’s Criminal Court System.
Assistant Prosecutor
After completing his Clerkship, Joel spent nearly four years as an Assistant Prosecutor with the Hudson County Prosecutor’s Office in Jersey City, New Jersey. During this time Joel was assigned to the office’s Trial, Juvenile and Appellate Units and received specialized instruction in Wire Taps, Identifications and Motions to Suppress. Joel spent this time gaining an understanding of law enforcement’s strategies in investigating and prosecuting crime.
Wide Array of Cases
Joel prosecuted a wide array of cases at the Adult and Juvenile levels. Some of Joel’s most notable Adult and Juvenile cases involved charges related to Homicide, Gun Offenses, Aggravated Sexual Assault, Trafficking Narcotics, Fraud and Aggravated Assault. Joel also appeared and argued a number of matters before the Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.
Recognition
Awards & Ratings
Joel Silberman was selected to Super Lawyers, New Jersey 2023, and is Lead Counsel Rated.
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In the News
Joel Silberman in the News
- Hudson Reporter / NJ.com · 2022$925,000 settlement for a man punched by Jersey City police
- Paterson Press · 2023Paterson agrees to pay $132,500 in the firm’s excessive force case
- The Jersey Journal · 2023Man shot by Bayonne police files notice of claim through Joel Silberman
- Super Lawyers · 2023Joel Silberman selected to Super Lawyers, New Jersey 2023
- The Jersey Journal · 2018Bayonne High School student files tort claim over a coach who allegedly pointed a gun at him
- The Jersey Journal · 2015Joel Silberman on a Bayonne officer’s guilty plea: “zero tolerance for police brutality”
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