David Abraham Silberman
About David
Licenses
Licensed in California for 25 years
State: California
Acquired: 2000
No misconduct found
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Experience
Honors
2013
Barrister of the Year, San Mateo County Bar Association
2009
Rising Star, Super Lawyers
2000
Order of the Coif, UCLA SOL
1998
American Jurisprudence in Evidence, Criminal and Appellate, Thomson West
Work Experience
2026 - Present
Superior Court judge, Superior Court
2016 - Present
General Counsel, Peninsula Clean Energy
2004 - Present
Chief Deputy County Counsel, County of San Mateo
2002 - 2004
Associate, Howard Rice Nemerovski Canady Falk & Rabkin
2001 - 2002
Law Clerk to the Honorable Fortunato Benavides, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
2000 - 2001
Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert Timlin, United States District Court for the Central District of California
Associations
2011 - Present
City of San CarlosPlanning Comission Chair
2010 - Present
San Mateo County Bar AssociationBoard Member; Treasurer
2009 - Present
State Bar of CaliforniaBar Exam Grader
2011 - 2017
Temple Sholom BurlingameExecutive Committee; Treasurer, Board Member
2007 - 2010
California Young Lawyers AssociationBoard Member
2007 - 2009
San Mateo County Bar AssociationCo-chair Community Affairs Committee
2004 - 2009
San Mateo County Bar AssociationBarristers Section President (07-08); Board Member
Sample of Legal Cases
Settlement
Won on motion; affirmed in published decision
Settlement
Case dismissed by Plaintiff shortly before trial
Settlement
Summary Judgment for County, affirmed 9th Cir.
Settlement
significant settlement
Summary Judgment for County, Affirmed 9th Cir.
Ongoing
Education
N/A
law
N/A
undergraduate
Speaking Engagements
2017
Drones
2017
Community Choice Energy
2016
Legal Update re Recent Developments in Law Enforcement
2010
Dependency Litigation
Publications
2015
2010
Languages
Spanish