The West Chester law firm MacElree Harvey, Ltd. has announced Andrew R. Silverman has joined the firm as an associate and that eleven of its lawyers have been named to the 2014 Pennsylvania SuperLawyers list. Three of those attorneys named to the SuperLawyers list were named 2014 Pennsylvania Rising Stars.

Silverman, who will be in the firm’s West Chester office, focuses on representing clients in connection with business, commercial, and other civil litigation matters.  He regularly appears before Delaware and Pennsylvania courts on behalf of individuals and companies concerning a variety of complex civil litigation, including products liability, corporate, construction, commercial and insurance coverage disputes.

Prior to joining MacElree Harvey, Silverman practiced law with a national commercial litigation and products liability firm where he acted as assistant national coordinating counsel for various Fortune 500 clients in defense of a variety of lawsuits.

A graduate of the University of Pittsburgh (BA, 2007), Silverman earned his law degree from Widener University School of Law (2010) in Wilmington, De., where he served as clerk for the Bankruptcy Division of the Pennsylvania Civil Law Clinic.  Silverman also clerked for the Delaware Court of Common Pleas.

He is a member of the Chester County and Delaware State Bar associations, and is admitted to the Bars of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, the Delaware Supreme Court, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

The eight MacElree Harvey lawyers named to the SuperLawyers list are Harry J. DiDonato, business/corporate law;  William J. Gallagher, general litigation;  Brian L. Nagle, land use/zoning; Lance J. Nelson, family law;  Timothy F. Rayne, personal injury plaintiff;  Mary Ann Rossi, land use/zoning; Louis N. Teti, estate planning/probate; and William T. Wilson, employment and labor.

The three 2014 Rising Stars are J. Charles Gerbron, general litigation;  A. Duie Latta, closely held business; and  James B. Urie, tax law.

SuperLawyers is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high-degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

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