Mr. Eldon E. Silverman | Attorney

Eldon Silverman is a well-respected litigator with over thirty years' experience assisting clients with a range of litigation matters. Mr. Silverman is admitted to practice in the state courts of Colorado, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, and the U.S. Supreme Court. He received his law degree from the University of Wisconsin, where he received awards for the Best Oral Argument in the National Moot Court Competition at the 1970 New York City Finals. Mr. Silverman is the co-author of "Rights of the Debtor and Creditor to Retirement Plan Benefits," published in The Colorado Lawyer.

His practice involves all types of civil litigation, but over recent years, has been involved in multiple attorney malpractice and franchise/franchisor litigation.

Mr. Silverman is a former Legal Writing Instructor at the University of Wisconsin Law School, and previously worked as a Litigation Attorney with the U.S. Department of Labor. He is a member of the Colorado and American Bar Associations and the Wyoming State Bar. His reported cases include:

* Guidry v. Sheet Metal Workers Nat. Pension Fund, 493 U.S. 365, 110 S.Ct. 680 (U.S. 1990)

* Guidry v. Sheet Metal Workers Nat. Pension Fund, 39 F.3d 1078 (10th Cir. 1994)

* Guidry v. Sheet Metal Workers Intern., 10 F.3d 700 (Colo. 1993)

* Guidry v. Sheet Metal Workers Nat. Pension Fund, 856 F.2d 1457 (Colo. 1988)

* Lee v. Masner, 45 P.3d 794 (Colo.App. 2001)

* QFA Royalties, LLC v. Case, 2006 WL 894882 (D.Colo. 2006)

* Ballinger v. Thompson, 118 P.3d 429 (Wyo. 2005)

* Kirbens v. Wyoming State Bd. of Medicine, 992 P.2d 1056 (Wyo. 1999)

* In re Estate of Drwenski, 83 P.3d 457 (Wyo. 1999)

* In re Dreiling, 233 B.R. 848 (Bkrtcy.D.Colo. 1999)
 
* Hodgson v. Virginia Baptist Hospital, Inc., 482 F.2d 821, 9 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 851 (4th Cir. 1973)

* Ryall v. Appleton Elec. Co., 153 F.R.D. 660, 64 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 498 (D. Colo. 1994)
 
* In re: Fuchs, 189 B.R. 811 (Bkrptcy. D. Colo. 1995)

* Flooring Design Associates, Inc. v. Novick, 923 P.2d 216 (Colo. Ct. App. 1995)
 
* Colorado AFL-CIO v. Donlon, 914 P.2d 396 (Colo. Ct. App. 1995)

* Organ v. Jorgensen, 888 P.2d 336 (Colo. Ct. App. 1994)

* U.S. Fidelity & Guar., Inc. v. Kourlis, 868 P.2d 1158 (Colo. Ct. App. 1994)

* Oar Lock Land & Cattle Co. v. Crowley, Haughey, Hanson, Toole & Dietrich, 833 P.2d 146 (Mont. 1992)

* Regency Services Corp. v. Board of County Comrs. of Adams County, 819 P.2d 1049 (Colo. 1991)
 
* Mitchem v. First Interstate Bank of Denver, N.A., 802 P.2d 1141 (Colo. 1990)

* Shaw v. Baesemann, 773 P.2d 609 (Colo. 1988)

* A.T.E., Inc. v. Nelson West Constructors, Inc., 757 P.2d 151 (Colo. Ct. App. 1988)

* Burk v. Burzynski, 672 P.2d 419 (Wyo. 1983)

* Hiller v. Real Estate Commission, 627 P.2d 769 (Colo. 1981)

* Paul Mullins Const. Co. v. Alspaugh, 628 P.2d 113 (Colo. Ct. App. 1980)

* People ex rel. Silverman v. Anderson, 612 P.2d 94 (Colo. 1980)

* Alspaugh v. District Court In and For Boulder County, 545 P.2d 1362 (Colo. 1976)

In addition to Mr. Silverman's practice, he is active in various mental health causes, and has on the board of The Karis Community, a transitional living facility, and Temple Micah in Denver. Recreationally, he enjoys his mountain cabin, skiing, bicycling, and racquet ball.