Jeff is a native of Washington County and was born and raised in Greenwich, New York. He graduated from Greenwich High School and Colgate University. He is a cum laude graduate of Albany Law School. He was admitted to practice law in New York in 1988. Jeff began his legal career as an associate in the Glens Falls law firm McPhillips, Fitzgerald, Meyer & McLenithan. He worked for the attorney Richard McLenithan in Hudson Falls before opening his own office in 1990. In addition to his general practice, he was an Assistant Public Defender for Washington County from 1992 through 2006 and acting Chief Public Defender in 2006. Jeff was working at Stanclift, Ludemann & McMorris PC prior to the formation of Ludemann, McMorris & Silvestri PC. He oversees Matrimonial and Family Court areas of the practice. Jeff is a designated Attorney for the Child in Washington, Warren, and Saratoga Counties and in appeals before the Appellate Division, Third Department. He is a member of the New York State, Warren County, and Washington County Bar Associations and a past President of Washington County’s Bar Association. He is also a former member of the Kingsbury Town Board and the Kingsbury and Washington County Republican Committees. He is active in the Masonic orders and the Order of DeMolay, a Masonic youth organization serving on the International Supreme Council. Jeff and his husband Jim are raising their three sons in Hudson Falls.