Joseph Barnett Silverstein

Joe represents individuals and corporations, focusing on general and commercial litigation, insurance and transactional work.

From 2000-2009, Joe was a member of the adjunct faculty at Villanova University School of Law where he taught a class in Pennsylvania state and federal civil pre-trial practice and procedure.

He has served as a volunteer attorney with a number of local pro bono organizations; was a member of Alumni Association Board of Directors of Widener University School of Law; and was a Board member and Vice-Chair on the Board of Directors of SeniorLAW Center, a nonprofit that protects the legal rights and interests of seniors in need.

Joe has published numerous articles on insurance and construction issues and has participated in a number of seminars for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute and the National Business Institute.

While in law school, Joe completed a one year clerkship for The Honorable Richard A. Powers, III, Chief United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

 
From 2005-2008, Joe was recognized as a “Rising Star” in Pennsylvania Super Lawyers publications.

In 2008, Joe was selected as a "Lawyer on the Fast Track" by The Legal Intelligencer and Pennsylvania Law Weekly, an honor awarded only to 35 Pennsylvania lawyers under the age of 40.

In November 2011, Joe was selected as a Reader’s Choice “Top Attorney” (Business Law) by Suburban Life Magazine.

 

Joe has been named as a Pennsylvania "Super Lawyer" from 2015-2017 and holds an AV peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell, representing the highest rating from that service.

Joe has been appointed as a Special Counsel to Haddon Township in New Jersey where he sits as a hearing officer in connection with disciplinary cases and serves as a democratic committee person for Abington Ward 7-1 located in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

Joe graduated from The Pennsylvania State University in 1991 and Widener University School of Law in 1994. He is a member of all Pennsylvania and New Jersey state and federal bars.