Legal Services
Education
- J.D., University of Wisconsin Law School, 1986
- B.A. (English and Philosophy), University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1983, with distinction, Phi Beta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi
Admissions
- Illinois State Bar
- Missouri State Bar
- Wisconsin State Bar
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Illinois (Member, Trial Bar)
- U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri
Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Contact KSN
Diane J. Silverberg Principal
750 West Lake Cook Road
Suite 350
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
847-777-7255
Fax 847-777-7369
Bio
Diane concentrates her practice in matters of complex business and real estate litigation, with an emphasis on community associations. With over twenty years of litigation experience, she is able to evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of her clients’ cases thoroughly and efficiently, thereby helping them arrive at an early understanding of their situation, its possible options and outcomes, and estimated costs through resolution. For Diane, litigation is the perfect marriage of the things she has always enjoyed – information-gathering and rhetoric, coupled with the challenges of formulating a winning strategy and determining the best forum for dispute resolution. She is a tireless advocate for her clients, yet strives to maintain civility in the litigation process, which has contributed to her earning a preeminent “AV” rating from the lawyer directory Martindale-Hubbell. In addition to handling cases from inception through appeal, she enjoys mentoring attorneys. In this regard, she was pleased to serve by request as a judge for the final exam of the trial advocacy class at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Diane has also served as a consultant on legal issues relating to retention, management, and discovery of electronic records, working with Fortune 500 corporations on a wide range of matters, from analysis of electronic storage media to assess their satisfaction of Securities & Exchange Commission regulations, to formulation and review of companies’ document-retention policies. She has also written white papers for use in education of the federal judiciary on the special issues presented in discovery of electronic records as well as for use in product marketing. Diane joined KSN in 1997 and has practiced law since 1986.
Memberships
- Illinois State Bar Association
- State Bar of Wisconsin
- American Bar Association (Member, Section of Science & Technology Law, Litigation Section and Business Section)
- The Missouri Bar
Diane concentrates her practice in matters of complex business and real estate litigation, with an emphasis on community associations. With over twenty years of litigation experience, she is able to evaluate the relative strengths and weaknesses of her clients’ cases thoroughly and efficiently, thereby helping them arrive at an early understanding of their situation, its possible options and outcomes, and estimated costs through resolution. For Diane, litigation is the perfect marriage of the things she has always enjoyed – information-gathering and rhetoric, coupled with the challenges of formulating a winning strategy and determining the best forum for dispute resolution. She is a tireless advocate for her clients, yet strives to maintain civility in the litigation process, which has contributed to her earning a preeminent “AV” rating from the lawyer directory Martindale-Hubbell. In addition to handling cases from inception through appeal, she enjoys mentoring attorneys. In this regard, she was pleased to serve by request as a judge for the final exam of the trial advocacy class at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Diane has also served as a consultant on legal issues relating to retention, management, and discovery of electronic records, working with Fortune 500 corporations on a wide range of matters, from analysis of electronic storage media to assess their satisfaction of Securities & Exchange Commission regulations, to formulation and review of companies’ document-retention policies. She has also written white papers for use in education of the federal judiciary on the special issues presented in discovery of electronic records as well as for use in product marketing. Diane joined KSN in 1997 and has practiced law since 1986.
Reported Decisions
- Bradley Baker, M.D. v. Daniel S. Berger, Ltd.,
323 Ill.App.3d 956 (1st Dist. 2001) - In re Schwinn Bicycle, 205 B.R. 557 (N.D. Ill. 1997)
Community Involvement
- Board of Directors, Vernon Woods Owners Association (1999-2004)
- Coho Masters Swim Team
- Illinois State Bar Association
- State Bar of Wisconsin
- American Bar Association (Member, Section of Science & Technology Law, Litigation Section and Business Section)
- The Missouri Bar
Articles
- "Steps for Aligning Information Management and E-Discovery" - GRC Journal (Q1 2008) (Co-authored with Randolph A. Kahn).
- Evaluation and Report of Sony Electronics Inc.'s AIT-2 and AIT-3 WORM Tape Cartridges' Compliance with SEC Regulation §240.17a-4 (2003) (Co-authored with Randolph A. Kahn)
- From Mt. Sinai to Cyberspace: Making Good E-Business Records - The Business Lawyer, Vol. 57, p. 431 (November 2001) (Co-authored with Randolph A. Kahn)
- E-Discovery Invites Inadvertent Waiver of Attorney-Client Privilege - Digital Discovery & e-Evidence, Vol. 1, No. 3 (March 2001) (Co-authored with Randolph A. Kahn)
