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Barry Silver 
New Windsor, New York
Partner
phone (866) 687-1338
(845) 764-4271
(845) 562-9020
fax (845) 562-9025
email

Barry B. Silver has been a practicing attorney since 1964. His areas of concentration include criminal, corporate defense, matrimonial and family law. He has tried cases on both the Federal and State level. He has tried cases in New Jersey, Florida and has had hearings not only in local court, but as far away as Saco, Maine.

He was the lead trial attorney for the Eastern State Gasoline Retailers Associates and has also served for several years as Assistant Corporation Counsel for the City of Newburgh. He was instrumental in drafting the present Municipal Housing Code for the City of Newburgh. While Assistant Corporation Counsel, he represented both the City of Newburgh Zoning Board and Planning Board.

Mr. Silver graduated form the University of Buffalo School of Law with awards in Legal Draftsmenship and as part of the Indigent Prisoner Defense Organization. He is admitted to practice in the State of Florida, New York and the United States Federal Court for the Southern, Eastern and Northern District of New York.

He is married and he and his wife, Sheila, have 5 children, all of whom are products of the Newburgh School System.

Areas of Practice:
80% Family Law
10% Criminal Law
10% All Others
Litigation Percentage:
100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions:
New York, 1964
Florida, 1973
U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1974
U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1974
U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 1974
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Eastern District of New York
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of New York
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Northern District of New York
Education:
University at Buffalo Law School, Buffalo, New York
J.D., L.L.B.


University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States, 1961
Major:  History and Government


Past Employment Positions:
Eastern State Gasoline Retailers Associates, Lead Trial Attorney


City of Newburgh, Assistant Corporation Counsel


Fraternities/Sororities:
Phi Epsilon Pi
Kappa Mu

Silver, Forrester, Schisano & Lesser, P.C. is located in New Windsor, New York (NY), and serves clients throughout the Hudson Valley, the Catskill Region and New York City in places including White Plains, Poughkeepsie, Kingston, Newburgh, Middletown, Brooklyn, Bronx, Manhattan, Queens, Staten Island, Blooming Grove, Port Jervis, Maybrook, Montgomery, Walden, Washingtonville, Wallkill, Chester, New Paltz, Pine Bush, Goshen, Monroe, Cornwall, Marlboro, Beacon and West Point. Our clients come from counties including Dutchess County, Ulster County, Putnam County, Westchester County, Sullivan County and Rockland County.