About Joel Silberman

Joel Silberman represents people whose civil rights were violated by police officers, jails and government agencies. He brings civil rights lawsuits in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey under 42 U.S.C. 1983, and in New Jersey’s state courts under the New Jersey Civil Rights Act and Constitution.

Before that, he spent nearly four years as a Hudson County Assistant Prosecutor. He knows how police and prosecutors investigate and build cases - which is exactly why he is effective at holding them to account.

Focus

Joel Silberman brings police-misconduct claims — excessive force, false arrest and malicious prosecution — in federal and New Jersey state courts. More on the civil rights practice.

Courts

Mr. Silberman has experience bringing these types of suits in the Federal Court for the District of New Jersey pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 1983 as well as in New Jersey’s various state courts pursuant to the New Jersey Civil Rights Act and Constitution.

Investigation

Joel Silberman knows that exhaustive investigation and analysis of evidence by independent experts is often the difference in a case. Joel Silberman has a large network of experts in fields such as medicine, accident reconstruction and private investigators.

A champion shows who he is by what he does when he is tested. When a person gets up and says ‘I can still do it’, he’s a champion. -Evander Holyfield

— Joel brings a boxer’s tenacity to every case.