Yaacov P. Silberman

California, Massachusetts

Professional Experience

Yaacov is the Director of Operations at Rimon, focusing on the internal operations of the firm.  Prior to Rimon, Yaacov was an attorney with the private equity and debt finance practice group of Ropes & Gray, LLP. Yaacov also clerked for judge A. Jay Cristol of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.  

Yaacov's innovations with Rimon have appeared in a wide array of publications, including AmLaw's Law Technology News, Law & More, the National Post, the California Daily Journal, the San Francisco Business TImes, eLawyering and the National Post. Before law school, Yaacov was an Assistant Director with TheLaw.com, one of the earliest legal resource websites on the Internet, and a co-founder of Freedom Internet. 

Yaacov regularly performs pro bono activities for Legal Services for Entrepreneurs and the US Small Business Administration.  

Bars & Courts

• Admitted in Massachusetts
• Admitted in California
• United States District Court, District of Massachusetts
• United States Bankruptcy Court, District of Massachusetts

Education

• Yeshiva University B.A. (English), summa cum laude, Yeshiva University; Alpha Psi Omega, Phi Beta Kappa
• University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., cum laude; Senior Editor, Journal of Labor and Employment Law

Languages

• English
• Hebrew
• French

Speaking Engagements

• Evaluating Vendors of Cloud Computing Services
  San Francisco Bar Association
  August 16, 2011
• Legal Ethics of Cloud Computing for Lawyers
  Palo Alto Bar Association
  August 10, 2011
• Strategies for Launching and Running a Small Law firm
  Bar Association of San Francisco
  October 23, 2010
• Small Business Legal Series
  Small Business Administration in San Francisco
  Spring and Summer, 2010
• Paradigm Shifts in the Practice of Law
  JHTC, Silicon Valley
  Spring, 2010