Harvey A 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. He co- founded, and currently chairs, The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education. 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 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 was a long-time Board member, and former President of, the ACLU of Massachusetts. He is a contributor to Forbes.com. Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1967 Princeton University, B.A., 1964,