Effie D'Anger Silva

Effie Silva has broad experience in complex commercial litigation and arbitration. Ms. Silva concentrates her practice on a range of complex federal, state and international cases involving contracts, commercial fraud, corporate governance, real estate, corporate dissolutions, enforcement of foreign judgments and injunctions, media, insurance coverage disputes, employment, products liability and mass tort litigation. She serves on the Board of Directors of The American Inns of Court, Spellman-Hoeveler Chapter. She has been consistently recognized by Super Lawyers as a Top Lawyer in business litigation and has been ranked among Florida’s Legal Elite by Florida Trend. Ms. Silva holds the highest rating of "AV Preeminent" from Martindale-Hubbell for her legal ability and ethical standards.

 Awards & Recognition
· "AV Preeminent" rated by Martindale- Hubbell®, 2012
· Florida Legal Elite, 2008-Present
· Florida Super Lawyer, 2009-Present
· 40 under 40 Outstanding Lawyers of Miami-Dade County Award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, 2012
· South Florida Women Extraordinaire, Business Leader Media, 2011


 Professional Associations and Memberships
· Board of Directors - The American Inns of Court, Spellman-Hoeveler Chapter
· Member, Council for Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Educational Pipeline, ABA
· Vice-Chair, Latin America and Caribbean Committee of the ABA Section of International Law
· Steering Group, International Litigation Committee of the ABA Section of International Law
· Steering Group, International Arbitration Committee of the ABA Section of International Law
· Member, Implicit Bias Task Force of the ABA Section of Litigation
· Member, International Advisory Committee of the Beacon Council
· Committee Member, "Together, We Must" Campaign For Justice of the Legal Services of Greater Miami, 2009 - Present

 Bar Admittance
· Florida
· District of Columbia

 Languages
· English
· Spanish