Alan Silber has litigated cases in numerous federal and state courts across the United States. He has also tried a variety of major white-collar cases involving RICO, bank, securities, telemarketing, health care, and wire and mail fraud as well as defended clients in money laundering cases, kidnapping (representing a police officer), and murder cases.
Alan is also experienced as counsel for claimants in civil and criminal forfeiture actions as well as representing lawyers in disciplinary cases.
Alan has appeared in complex civil litigation in the Northern and Central Districts of California, the Northern and Southern Districts of Florida, the Western and Eastern Districts of Virginia, and the District of Hawaii.
Alan is a member of the state bars in New Jersey, New York, California, and Virginia. In addition, Alan is admitted to practice in nine United States district courts and has litigated pro hac vice in more than a dozen other federal district courts.
An experienced appellate advocate, Alan has appeared and litigated cases in the United States Supreme Court, five United States Courts of Appeals, the state appellate courts of New York and New Jersey, and in the Supreme Court of Oregon.
Alan has earned a reputation as a lecturer and author and as a drug law reformer for his work through a multitude of criminal defense bar associations. He was a three-term member of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), having been elected in 2001, 2004, and 2016. He previously served on its Executive Committee as well as the Nominating Committee. He is currently a Third Circuit co-chair of the Lawyers’ Assistance Committee (Strike Force representing other NACDL lawyers) and Third Circuit co-chair for the NACDL Amicus Committee. He is a member of the White Collar Committee.
Alan was a founding member of the Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers of New Jersey and served as its eighth President. He is a fellow of the American Board of Criminal Trial Attorneys.
Alan has appeared as a speaker in criminal defense seminars across the country and internationally, including in Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Florida, Louisiana, Washington, D.C., Oregon, Colorado, and England. His articles have appeared in The Champion (magazine of NACDL), Rutgers Law Review, The New Jersey Law Journal, and The Vindicator (magazine of Ohio Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers).
Alan has received recognition from a number of New Jersey and national organizations for his advocacy. In 2011, he received the Al Horn Award, presented annually to one lawyer “in recognition and appreciation of a lifetime of ceaseless work to advance the cause of justice and for extraordinary support for NORML.”
Alan is a graduate of Columbia Law School and Duke University (and has written a blog on Duke basketball for the last decade).