OF COUNSEL: HARVEY SILVERGLATE

	Mr. Silverglate commenced law practice in 1967 and, in 1969, joined with Norman Zalkind to form the pioneering firm of Zalkind & Silverglate, where he practiced until 1973. In the years before and since that time, he has practiced with many of the area’s leading lawyers. Mr. Silverglate concentrates his practice in three areas: criminal defense (trial and appellate), students’ rights and academic freedom, and civil liberties (including First Amendment and reporter’s privilege and news media rights). He has practiced in state and federal courts, civilian and military, and academic and administrative tribunals around the country. Mr. Silverglate has written widely on legal matters in his fields, including articles and columns in The Harvard Law Review, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, New York Times Book Review, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Herald, Boston Phoenix, Criminal Defense Techniques, Reason Magazine, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, National Law Journal, Forbes.com, Wall Street Journal and others. He has co-authored The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America’s Campuses (Free Press, 1998; HarperPerennial paperback, 1999; www.shadowuniv.com) about his experiences representing students and faculty in campus and legal tribunals, and is the author of Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent (Encounter Books September 2009; www.threefeloniesaday.com), about the dangers of being prosecuted for innocent conduct under vague federal criminal statutes. He co-founded, and currently chairs, The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (www.thefire.org). He is also an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute: http://www.cato.org/people/harvey-silverglate. Mr. Silverglate has been involved in some of the defining and high profile criminal cases of recent decades, and always works assiduously and creatively to protect and defend his clients’ interests. Mr. Silverglate has taught at the University of Massachusetts/Boston and the Harvard Law School. He co-founded the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and was the first Special Litigation Counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He formed and chaired the Independent Privacy Board of Predictive Networks, Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is a long-time Board member, and former President of, the ACLU of Massachusetts. b. Brooklyn, New York Princeton University, B.A., 1964, cum laude Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1967 Member: Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts Foundation for Individual Rights in Education Joined the firm Of Counsel in 2009.

Mr. Silverglate commenced law practice in 1967 and, in 1969, joined with Norman Zalkind to form the pioneering firm of Zalkind & Silverglate, where he practiced until 1973. In the years before and since that time, he has practiced with many of the area’s leading lawyers. Mr. Silverglate concentrates his practice in three areas: criminal defense (trial and appellate), students’ rights and academic freedom, and civil liberties (including First Amendment and reporter’s privilege and news media rights). He has practiced in state and federal courts, civilian and military, and academic and administrative tribunals around the country. Mr. Silverglate has written widely on legal matters in his fields, including articles and columns in The Harvard Law Review, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, New York Times Book Review, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Herald, Boston Phoenix, Criminal Defense Techniques, Reason Magazine, Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly, National Law Journal, Forbes.com, Wall Street Journal and others. He has co-authored The Shadow University: The Betrayal of Liberty on America’s Campuses (Free Press, 1998; HarperPerennial paperback, 1999; www.shadowuniv.com) about his experiences representing students and faculty in campus and legal tribunals, and is the author of Three Felonies a Day: How the Feds Target the Innocent (Encounter Books September 2009; www.threefeloniesaday.com), about the dangers of being prosecuted for innocent conduct under vague federal criminal statutes. He co-founded, and currently chairs, The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (www.thefire.org). He is also an adjunct scholar at the Cato Institute: http://www.cato.org/people/harvey-silverglate. Mr. Silverglate has been involved in some of the defining and high profile criminal cases of recent decades, and always works assiduously and creatively to protect and defend his clients’ interests. Mr. Silverglate has taught at the University of Massachusetts/Boston and the Harvard Law School. He co-founded the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and was the first Special Litigation Counsel to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. He formed and chaired the Independent Privacy Board of Predictive Networks, Inc., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is a long-time Board member, and former President of, the ACLU of Massachusetts.

b. Brooklyn, New York
Princeton University, B.A., 1964, cum laude
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1967

Member:
Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts
Foundation for Individual Rights in Education

Joined the firm Of Counsel in 2009.