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Mike Silver, Esq.

Philadelphia Area Disability Lawyer

team-mike Mike Silver is a 1972 honors graduate of Temple University and 1975 graduate of Rutgers Law School who has practiced disability and negligence law for over 40 years. He served a judicial clerkship with the Honorable Michael Patrick King, an Appellate Division Judge in the Superior Court of New Jersey.

Following his association with a labor and negligence law firm in South Jersey, Mr. Silver and his wife founded Silver & Silver in 1981. Mike was one of the first attorneys in the nation to concentrate his practice in disability law. After serving as the National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR) Regional Representative for the Third Circuit, as well as National Secretary and Treasurer, in 1990 Mike was elected President of the 4,300-member group. In addition to lecturing on disability law to the medical, legal, and insurance communities, Mike has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives’ Social Security Subcommittee, advocating for ways to make the disability system more equitable. Mr. Silver founded and chaired the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Disability Law Committee from its inception in 1995 through 2004.

One of Mike’s proudest accomplishments was in involvement in enacting legislation in the PA legislature to provide disabled individuals access to their medical records for a modest cost. Prior to this legislation, record copying costs by medical providers were unregulated, often charging the disabled community hundreds of dollars for duplication of hospital and physician records necessary to prove their disabling conditions before the Social Security Administration. After a three year battle to get the law passed, it required that all medical providers in PA would be required to release their records for the sum of $18.00 plus postage. As of 2015, the cost is less than $27.80, plus the cost of postage. This law has provided disabled individuals access to their records for a price almost all can afford.

After volunteering for the Arthritis Foundation and serving as its first Advocacy Chair, Mr. Silver was elected Chairman of the Arthritis Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania’s Board of Directors and served from 2002 – 2005. He currently serves as its Advocacy Chair, and Chair of the Jingle Bell Run. Mr. Silver is the immediate Past Chair of the Ardmore Initiative, a Business District Authority. He was selected as Main Line Today Magazine’s Person of the Year (2004) and has served as President of the Ardmore Rotary Club.

Mr. Silver was recognized by Philadelphia Magazine as the only Super Lawyer in the disability field in Southeastern Pennsylvania for 2005 – 2013. Mike is admitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and New Jersey State as well as the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the Supreme Court of the United States. Mike is also admitted to practice disability law throughout the country. Read about why Mike is a disability lawyer.

Education

  • J.D., Rutgers School of Law, 1975; Recipient – American Jurisprudence Award, Academic Excellence in Family Law, 1975
  • B.A., Political Science, Temple University, 1972; Cum Laude
  • Northeast High School, 1968

Judicial Clerkship

  • The Honorable Michael Patrick King Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division, 1975-76

Work Experience

  • 1981 – present, Senior Partner, Silver & Silver
  • 1976-1980 – Associate, Tomar, Parks, Seliger, Simonoff and Adourian, Haddonfield, NJ

Areas of Practice

  • Social Security Disability, Long Term Disability and Negligence Law

Memberships

  • National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives (NOSSCR)
    • Chair, Council of Past Presidents, 2014 – 2015
    • Council of Past Presidents 1991- Present
    • President 1990-91
    • Secretary 1989-90
    • Treasurer, 1988-89
    • Region Three Representative, 1987 – 1990
  • Pennsylvania Bar Association, 1976 – present
  • Philadelphia Bar Association:
    • Social Security Disability Committee Founding Chairman, 1995 – 2005
    • Medical/Legal Committee, 1987 – 1990
  • Montgomery County Bar Association
    • Co-Chair Speakers Committee 1996-1997
  • Ardmore Rotary, 1998- present
    • President, 2006 – 2007
  • Ardmore Business Association, 1995 – present
  • Main Line Chamber of Commerce, 1996 – present
    • Streetscape Chair, 1997 – 2007
  • Golden Slipper Club & Charities, 1983 – present
    • Program Chair, 1994-95

Board of Directors

  • Ardmore Business District Authority Foundation Chair 2010 – present
  • Ardmore Rotary Foundation
    • President 2009-2010
  • Ardmore 2000/Ardmore Initiative 1994 – present
  • Arthritis Foundation of Eastern Pennsylvania 1999-present;
    • Board Chair, 2002-2005
    • Advocacy Chair, Eastern Pennsylvania 2006 – present
    • Jingle Bell Run Chair 2008 – 2015
  • Rotary Club of Ardmore 2001 – present
  • National Organization of Social Security Claimants’ Representatives, 1987-1993
  • Solomon Schechter Day School, Board Member 1988-1989

Post-Graduate Programs

  • Barrister, Temple American Inns of the Courts, 1992 – 94
  • Fellow, Academy of Trial Advocacy, 1988
  • Philadelphia Leadership, Inc. – Class of 2001

Community Activities

  • Board Chair, Ardmore Initiative, 2007 – 2009
  • Board Member, Ardmore Initiative 2010 – present
  • President, Rotary Club of Ardmore, 2006-2007
  • Chairman, Ardmore Streetscape and Improvement Committee, 1994 – 2013
  • Board Vice-Chair, Ardmore 2000, 1994 – 2007
  • Counsel – Cambodian Relief Association, 1984-86
  • Task Force Member – ALEC Program (A Lawyer for Every Child), 1998- 2000
  • Volunteers for the Indigent Program (VIP), 1995 – 2000

Recipient

  • Arthritis Foundation – National Service Citation – 2014
  • Go for the Green Environmental Award – Lower Merion Township – 2013
  • Charles F. Ward Service to Ardmore Award – 2013
  • Arthritis Foundation of Eastern PA – Public Education and Awareness Award – 2012
  • Suburban Life – “Awesome Attorney” Recognition – 2012
  • Go Green Makeover – Main Line Chamber of Commerce – 2011
  • Arthritis Foundation of Eastern PA – Ambassador for Arthritis Award – 2009
  • Main Line Times Readers’ Choice Award – Best Attorney – 2008, 2011
  • Wall of Fame – Northeast High School – 2007
  • Main Line Life Times/Suburban Life – Best Law Firm – 2005, 2007 – 2012
  • Arthritis Foundation National Volunteer Service Citation – 2006
  • Philadelphia Magazine Pennsylvania Super Lawyer 2004 – present
  • Main Line Magazine First Person of The Year – 2004
  • Main Line Times Readers’ Choice Award – Best Law Firm, 2001, 2003, 2005 – 2013
  • National Historic Certification, Bell Telephone Employment Office for Women, 1998
  • Main Line Chamber of Commerce, Small Business of the Year Finalist 1998, 1999
  • Main Line Chamber of Commerce, Small Business of the Year Award 2000
  • Main Line Chamber of Commerce, 1995 Property Improvement Award
  • Historical Preservation Award, Lower Merion Township, 1995
  • American Cambodian Relief Association Friendship Award, 1984

Partial List of Public Speaking Engagements

  • 9/11: Arthritis Foundation Health Summit
  • 3/11: Wellness 411 Radio Show
  • 11/10: Jewish Family Service – Eligibility for SSI Benefits
  • 07/10: Main Line Chamber of Commerce – “Fundraising: How to Cultivate The High Dollar Donor Through Interesting Fundraising Ideas”
  • 1/05: Lankenau Hospital – Wynnewood, PA – “How Social Workers Can Assist Disabled Patients”
  • 11/04: NOSSCR Conference – Philadelphia, PA – Disability Based Upon Fibromyalgia and Rheumatoid Arthritis
  • 11/04: Friends Hospital – Philadelphia, PA – Proving Psychiatric Disabilities
  • 11/02: Interstitial Cystitis Support Group – Bethlehem, PA – Proving Disability
  • 6/02: Roxborough Memorial Hospital – Arthritis Program “Know Your Rights: Get the Facts on Disability Issues, Community Resources and More”
  • 3/02: Arthritis Foundation – Action Plan Summit, Philadelphia, Pa
  • 3/02: Arthritis Foundation – Advocacy Summit, Washington, D.C.
  • 11/01: Arthritis Foundation – Joints in Motion “Legal Rights of the Disabled” Philadelphia, PA
  • 10/01: Philaposh/Northeast Philadelphia Chapter “Disability and the Injured Worker”
  • 10/00: Arthritis Foundation Symposium Presenter “Arthritis in the Prime of Life” Fibromyalgia Support Group – Paoli, PA
  • 5/99: PAMPA Legal Seminar “Introduction to Social Security Law”
  • 4/99: NOSSCR Conference – Washington, DC – Legislative Efforts in Reducing Costs of Medical Records in Disability Claims
  • 3/99: Fibromyalgia Support Group – Allentown, PA
  • 3/99: WWDB Guest on Radio Talk Show “Legal Perspective”
  • 9/98: THROSSCR Seminar – House Bill Capping Costs for Medical Records
  • 4/98: NOSSCR Conference – San Diego
  • 3/98: Norristown Cancer Support Group
  • 2/98: Friends Hospital Continuing Medical Education Seminar “Disability Law for the Medical Community”
  • 10/97: Chronic Fatigue Support Group of Pottstown, PA
  • 10/97: NOSSCR* Mid-Year Conference Seminar – Chicago, IL
  • 9/97: Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association – Course Planner for Seminar “Medicine & Social Security: Proving the Disability Case”
  • 6/97: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Association – Bethlehem, PA
  • 4/97: Self Help for the Hard of Hearing – Pennsylvania State Convention “Getting Social Security Disability Benefits”
  • 12/96: Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association “Social Security Disability and the Effect on the Third Party Claim- Survival Between Accident and Recovery”
  • 10/96: Paoli Hospital – Fibromyalgia Support Group
  • 1/96: Philadelphia Bar Association – Workers’ Compensation Section “Social Security Disability and Workers’ Compensation Benefits”
  • 5/95: Doylestown Hospital – Fibromyalgia Support Group
  • 4/95: Graduate Hospital – Interstitial Cystitis Support Group
  • 12/94: Roxborough Hospital – Physicians’ Group “Social Security Disability and the Disabled Patient: An Overview and Guide for the Treating Physician”
  • 10/93: Graduate Hospital – Hard of Hearing Support Group “Disability for the Hearing Impaired”
  • 10/93: NOSSCR* Mid-Year Conference, Orlando, FL “Developing the Disability Practice”
  • 6/92: NOSSCR Mid-Year Conference, Washington, DC “Introduction to Disability Law”
  • 6/91: NOSSCR Mid-Year Conference, Washington, D.C. “Presidential Address”
  • 4/91: U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee Social Security Disability Subcommittee Hearing “Improvements in the Disability System”
  • 10/90: NOSSCR Mid-Year Conference – Chicago, IL “Presidential Address”
  • 6/89: NOSSCR Mid-Year Conference – Washington, D.C. “Marketing the Disability Practice”
  • 5/85: NOSSCR Third Circuit Law Mid-Year Conference Washington, DC

Publications

  • “7 Costly Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Social Security Disability Claim”, 2009
  • “How Neurologists Can Help Patients Obtain Social Security Disability”, Practical Neurology, March/April 2009
  • “Documentation for Social Security Disability: A Legal Perspective”, Pennsylvania Neurological Society E-Newsletter, Vol. 1, Issue 2, July 2008
  • “A Guide to Social Security for Disabled Children”, Practical Neurology, Vol. 7 No. 8, August 2008
  • “The Impact of the Doctor-Patient Relationship in Successful Social Security Disability Cases”, Disability Medicine, Volume 5, No. 3-4, July – December 2005
  • “New Work Incentives Legislation Will Help Disabled”, Volume XXIII, No. 21, Pennsylvania Law Weekly, May 22, 2000
  • “Disability Update”, The Chronic Fatigue and Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Chronicle, Volume 3, May/June 1999
  • “Social Security Eliminates Disability Benefits for Drug Addiction, Alcoholism”, The Legal Intelligencer, Volume 215, No. 18, July 26, 1996
  • “The Dorchester Plan: A Law Curriculum for Secondary Schools”, The Shingle 223, Volume XXXVII, December, 1975
  • Disability Handbook

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