Ross O. Silverman serves as Head of the Chicago Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice and Head of the firm's Insurance and Health Care Fraud Litigation Practice. He is also a member of the firm's White Collar Criminal Practice, which includes ten former federal prosecutors. Mr. Silverman represents individuals and businesses involved in governmental and regulatory investigations, and has extensive experience in RICO, criminal tax, financial crimes, and health care fraud matters. Mr. Silverman also concentrates much of his practice on counseling insurers on best claims handling practices and litigation strategies designed to combat fraud. In that regard, he has prosecuted many civil RICO and fraud matters in jurisdictions across the country, which have led to well over $25 million in actual recoveries for his clients.
Mr. Silverman also was appointed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois to serve as the examiner for two bankruptcy matters; one involving
United Airlines and the other involving an
international distributor of ionized bracelets. Before joining the firm, Mr. Silverman was a Trial Attorney for the Criminal Section of the Tax Division at the U. S. Justice Department for two and a half years and was an Assistant U. S. Attorney in Chicago for four years.
Mr. Silverman graduated from Ohio State University in 1982 and received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Toledo College of Law, Order of the Coif and
cum laude, in 1985. He is admitted to practice in Illinois, New York and the District of Columbia, as well as in numerous courts. He is a member of the Northern District Trial Bar and the Sixth, Seventh and Eleventh Circuit Courts of Appeals. Mr. Silverman was listed in
Illinois Super Lawyers (2006–2012) and he has twice been a finalist in
Lawdragon 3000 Leading Lawyers in America. In addition, he has been recognized in
Benchmark: America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys (2008–2011)
published by Legal Media Group
. Mr. Silverman is the author of a chapter of
Inside the Minds: Strategies for Criminal Tax Cases.
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State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Kugler, et al., 2011 WL 4389915 (S.D. Fla. Sept. 21, 2011) (Hurley, J.) (Denying motions to dismiss RICO and fraud claims against doctors and others allegedly involved in fraudulently billing for medically unnecessary plasma disc decompression procedures.)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Eastern Medical, P.C. et al., No. 05-CV-3804 (E.D.N.Y. Dec. 16, 2010) (Vitaliano, J.) (Denying motions to dismiss RICO and fraud claims against doctors and acupuncturists allegedly involved in billing for medically unnecessary acupuncture services)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Physicians Injury Care Center, Inc., et al., (M.D.Fla. Nov. 19, 2009) (Kelly, J.) (On November 19, 2009, after a three-week trial, jury returned a $3.8 million verdict for State Farm against a physician, his son and their soft tissue injury clinics for submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary services that were provided to more than 950 State Farm policyholders over more than eight years. Following the verdict, the defendants agreed to an additional award of $750,000 in punitive damages. The jury also found that State Farm did not owe the defendants approximately $700,000 of unpaid charges for services rendered to State Farm policyholders, and that State Farm did not breach its insurance contracts with eight policyholders who contended that State Farm was obligated to pay the defendants for services rendered to the policyholders.)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Grafman, et al., 655 F. Supp. 2d 212 (E.D.N.Y. 2009) (Gershon, J.) (Court denied defendants' motion to dismiss complaint alleging RICO and fraud claims against retailers and wholesalers of durable medical equipment and orthotics purportedly involved in submission of fraudulent no-fault claims.)
McGee v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., 2009 WL 2132439 (E.D.N.Y. July 10, 2009) (Block, J.) (Court granted State Farm's motion to dismiss racketeering claims based upon allegedly fraudulent independent medical examinations and claims denials.)
Rivet v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co., 316 Fed. Appx. 440 (6th Cir. Mar. 12, 2009) (Sutton, J.) (on April 17, 2007, after a six-week trial, jury returned a $4.2 million verdict for State Farm against an attorney and a former State Farm adjuster who were found liable for committing fraud in connection with nine catastrophic injury claims for no-fault benefits. In addition, the Court declared purported settlement agreements relating to the claims at issue to be null and void because they were procured through the fraud of the attorney and former State Farm adjuster.)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. CPT Medical Services, P.C., et al., No. 04 CV 5045, 2008 WL 4146190 (E.D.N.Y. Sept. 5, 2008) (Glasser, J.) (Denying motion to dismiss RICO and fraud claims against doctors allegedly involved in fraudulently billing for medically unnecessary diagnostic tests.)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Brown, et al., 410 F. Supp. 2d 1146 (M.D. Florida 2006) (Presnell, J.) (On September 20, 2006, after a four-week trial, jury returned a fraud and punitive damages verdict against the operator of a business that provided and billed for fraudulent medical reports purporting to interpret diagnostic tests.)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Kalika, et al., 2006 WL 6176152 (E.D.N.Y. March 16, 2006) (Pollak, J.) (Denying motion to dismiss RICO and fraud claims against doctors allegedly involved in fraudulently billing for medically unnecessary diagnostic tests.)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Weiss, et al., 410 F. Supp. 2d 1146 (M.D. Fla. 2006) (Presnell, J.) (Denying motion for summary judgment on RICO and fraud claims against a doctor allegedly involved in fraudulently billing for medically unnecessary diagnostic tests.)
Chamberlin, et al. v. The Hartford Financial Services, Inc., et al., 2005 WL 2007894 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 19, 2005) (Hellerstein, J.) (Granting motion to dismiss RICO and fraud claims based upon allegedly improper claims handling practices.)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. CPT Medical Services, P.C., et al., 375 F. Supp. 2d 141 (E.D.N.Y. 2005) (Glasser, J.) (Denying motion to dismiss RICO and fraud claims against doctors allegedly involved in fraudulently billing for medically unnecessary diagnostic tests.)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Mallela, et al. (N.Y. Court of Appeals March 29, 2005) (Rosenblatt, J.) (Ruling insurance companies are not required to pay no-fault benefits to unlawfully licensed clinics and can recover payments made to such clinics.)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Goldstein, et al., No. 6:03-CV-1645 (M.D. Fla. July 15, 2004) (Spaulding, J.) (Denying motion to dismiss RICO and fraud claims against doctors and others allegedly involved in fraudulently billing for medically unnecessary diagnostic tests.)
AIU Insurance Co., et al. v. Olmecs Medical Supply, Inc., et al., 2005 WL 3710370 (E.D.N.Y. Feb. 22, 2004) (Korman, J.) (Denying motions to dismiss RICO and fraud claims against doctors as well as retailers and wholesalers of durable medical equipment allegedly involved in a scheme to facilitate fraudulent billing for the durable medical equipment.)
State Farm Mutual Automobile Ins. Co. v. Stein, et al., No. H-98-4150 (S.D. Tex. Dec. 7, 2001) (Harmon, J.) (Granting judgment against chiropractors and others on RICO and fraud claims based upon the participation of law offices and clinics in fraudulent claims premised upon phony accidents.)
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