Nicholas P. Silverman

Nick Silverman is an up-and-coming star of the white-collar defense bar, who has been recognized by Bloomberg Law as one of the "Five Fresh Faces to Know in White Collar Defense."

Nick represents clients through all stages of criminal investigations and enforcement actions. He has built a reputation for innovative solutions and creative problem-solving, securing victories in high-profile criminal and civil enforcement matters. As an experienced trial lawyer with a proven track record of success, Nick began trying cases as an associate, winning a landmark dismissal of all charges despite a guilty verdict. In this case, he litigated cutting-edge Fourth Amendment issues related to email search warrants, uncovered failures to disclose exculpatory evidence, and successfully advocated for vacating the guilty verdict based on those failures. More recently, Nick was part of the trial team that won an across-the-board acquittal of Michael Lynch in the largest accounting fraud ever prosecuted by the US Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California.

In addition to representing clients at trial, Nick advocates to prosecutors and enforcement agencies to avoid pursuing prosecution. He also represents clients in complex motions practice, helping several executive-level clients avoid indictment or trial related to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, alleged export control violations, false claims, false statements, public corruption, health care fraud, and wire fraud. While many of his successes are in matters that remain confidential, Nick notably won dismissal of the DOJ's first civil lawsuit under the Foreign Agents Registration Act in over thirty years, a decision that has since been unanimously affirmed by the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in 2024. 

Nick has served as an adjunct professor of legal research and writing at the Georgetown University Law Center and has developed several writing training programs for Steptoe associates.