Mark Silver is a New York–based litigator with nearly two decades of experience representing individuals and small businesses in commercial disputes and related high-stakes matters. His practice is centered on commercial litigation and strategic counsel, with additional experience in employment and landlord-tenant disputes where legal risk, factual complexity, or potential exposure is significant.

Mark represents clients in a wide range of commercial disputes, including contract, partnership, and founder conflicts, and advises clients at critical inflection points where early strategic judgment can shape or resolve a dispute. In addition to litigation, he provides select strategic counsel, including pre-litigation risk assessment and the review and negotiation of key commercial agreements in matters where dispute exposure is a central concern.

Mark began his legal career in the litigation department at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, where he represented clients in complex commercial litigations and government investigations involving securities laws, commercial torts, breach of contract, and antitrust disputes. He later held senior roles at the New York Stock Exchange and the New York State Department of Financial Services, where he led investigations into violations of federal and state securities, banking, and financial services laws and negotiated complex settlements involving substantial penalties and remedial measures.

In addition to his litigation and enforcement experience, Mark has served in policy and advisory roles, including helping to draft New York State’s original virtual currency regulations and contributing to regulatory work addressing cybersecurity risks in the banking sector. He has been a panelist at industry and regulatory conferences and previously served as the Superintendent of Financial Services’ designee to the Board of Directors of the Empire State Development Corporation. Mark also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Benjamin Cardozo School of Law, where he led a field clinic and taught a seminar focused on regulatory and enforcement issues.

Throughout his career, Mark has represented pro bono clients in a variety of matters, including habeas corpus proceedings and asylum cases. He received the Sanctuary for Families Award for Excellence in Pro Bono Advocacy for successfully obtaining the dismissal of frivolous claims brought against a domestic-violence survivor. Mark received his J.D. from Columbia Law School, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and graduated with honors from Stanford University.