Silverman & Silverman

History

Established in 1983.

Alan R. Silverman, Ph.D. was employed in the mental health field as a clinical psychologist, marriage, family and child counselor, researcher, and educator before attending law school. In 1989, he changed careers and attended law school in Los Angeles before moving to San Francisco where he started a law practice with Claudia Bravo Silverman in 1993. He was of counsel to a civil litigation firm for five years while he built a family law practice. He was a member of the San Francisco Juvenile Dependency Panel for about 15 years where he litigated severe child abuse and neglect cases. He has tried over 150 cases.

Mr. Silverman serves as a Judge Pro Tem and Settlement Master with the San Francisco Unified Family Court and is an adjunct faculty at San Francisco State University.

Claudia Bravo Silverman has been Mr. Silverman’s law partner since 1993. She has extensive experience in the litigation of high conflict cases. Ms. Silverman holds a bachelor’s degree

Meet the Business Owner

Alan S.

Business Owner

I grew up in a suburb of Newark, New Jersey. I received my bachelor’s degree in psychology from UC Berkeley. I attended graduate school at the U. of Oklahoma where I trained to be a psychologist and therapist. I received my Ph.D. in counseling psychology in 1976. I wrote my doctoral dissertation on family therapy through Stanford. Until 1989, I worked as a clinical psychologist in Colorado and Wyoming and as a family therapist in Southern California. I was licensed in California as a Marriage, Family and Child Therapist from 1977 through 1989.

I changed careers in 1989. Please call me and I will be glad to discus the reasons for my decision and other aspects of my background and practice. After law school, Claudia Bravo Silverman and I started our practice in her hometown of San Francisco where we practice family law. My background in psychology assists me in helping our clients cope with difficult times and in settling or effectively litigating their cases.