Varnum is pleased to announce that Robert Silman has joined the firm’s Litigation and ADR Practice Team in the Novi office.
Silman represents clients in commercial litigation and other business-related claims, including contract, tort, fraud, products liability, and negligence matters. He works with businesses to evaluate risk, develop litigation strategy, and navigate cases through fact development, discovery, briefing, motions practice, and resolution.
His background includes internal investigations, drawing on prior work representing clients in litigation and investigation-related matters. He also served as a judicial extern to the Honorable Sara L. Ellis of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Silman earned his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from Indiana University Maurer School of Law, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif, served as Managing Editor of the Indiana Law Journal, and was a Dean’s Writing Fellow. He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan.
