Frank J. Silvestri Jr.

Commercial, Mediation
1000 Lafayette Boulevard, P.O. Box 1740
Bridgeport, Connecticut 066011740


Commercial

Admitted

1974, Connecticut; 1975, U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut and U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit; 2002, U.S. Supreme Court

Law School

Yale University, J.D., 1974

Law School Graduation Year

1974

College

Georgetown University, A.B., summa cum laude, 1968

Memberships

Greater Bridgeport, The Connecticut (Member, Federal Practice Section Executive Committee and Chairman, Civil Practice Committee) and American (Member, Sections on: Litigation; Antitrust; Member: Committees on Business Torts Litigation and Commercial and Banking Litigation) Bar Associations; American Health Lawyers Association

Biographical

Phi Beta Kappa. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Business Litigation, 2003—. Lecturer: Litigating Claims Against Failed Banks, Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association, October 26, 1991; Litigating Against the F.D.I.C., Bridgeport Bar Association, January 13, 1992; Preserving Disorder: A Review of Rules and Decisions on Preserving Issues for Federal Appeals, Connecticut Bar Association, May 2, 1997. Law Clerk, Hon. J. Joseph Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1974-1975. Member, Civil Justice Advisory Group, United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (1996-2000). Fellow: Connecticut Bar Foundation; American Bar Foundation.

Military

With USNR, 1968-1971