Fort Lauderdale West
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13450 W. Sunrise Blvd.
Suite 300
Sunrise, FL 33323
Biography
Jerome R. Silverberg, Esq. (“Jerry”), is a Senior Partner in the Fort Lauderdale office with over 40 years of trial litigation experience and approximately 100 Florida jury verdicts. Martindale-Hubbell and his peers have rated him AV® Preeminent™. Jerry focuses his practice on nursing home and assisted living facility defense and medical malpractice matters. He has litigated cases throughout the state involving catastrophic injuries, including severe brain-damaged neonates, trauma surgery, complex obstetrical issues, cardiovascular and spinal cord injuries. In addition, Jerry handles all aspects of informal investigation and formal administrative complaints filed with the Agency for Health Care Administration and the Florida Board of Medicine. He also has experience with actions against hospitals and nurses, physician groups, managed groups, product liability, toxic tort, trucking accidents, general liability and professional liability defense, including attorney malpractice and insurance broker/agent errors and omissions.
Jerry began his career in the defense of healthcare providers as Associate General Counsel for the North Broward Hospital District, a Special Tax District of the State of Florida, which at that time operated four hospitals in Broward County comprising one of the ten largest public healthcare systems in the nation. In that capacity, Jerry was involved in providing legal counsel to the seven-member Board of Commissioners as well as acting as Assistant Attorney Administrator of the Risk Management and Self Insurance Programs of the District. He developed hospital protocols and procedures and has been requested to present continuing medical education seminars to physicians and medical staffs at various hospitals in the areas of risk management, malpractice litigation, and Agency for Healthcare Administration investigations of medical professionals.
Jerry was previously a managing partner of a nation-wide law firm and has been involved in national high-profile cases including the Value Jet airline disaster in South Florida as well as the multiple deaths of nursing home residents at the Hollywood Hills Nursing and Rehabilitation Center resulting from a power failure due to Hurricane Irma in 2017. This matter generated tens of lawsuits that were consolidated into the complex litigation division in Broward County.
Jerry earned a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Miami (1972). He obtained a Juris Doctor from George Mason University School of Law with distinction (1980).
Jerry is admitted in Florida (1982). He is also admitted to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (1983) and to the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit.
Practice Areas
Practice Areas
- Arbitration | Mediation
- First Party Property
- Federal Practice
- General Liability
- Government Liability
- Medical | Heathcare
- Nursing Home | ALF
- Premises Liability
- Product Liability
- Trucking Liability
Experience
Martindale Rating
- AV® PreeminentTM
Accreditations
- Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Mediator
Bar/Court Admission
- 1982, Florida
- 1983, United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Education
- University of Miami, B.B.A., 1972
- George Mason University School of Law, J.D., 1980
Professional/Civil Memberships
- American Bar Association
- Federal Bar Association
- Broward County Bar Association
- Florida Defense Lawyers Association
Industries Represented
- Office Product Retail Stores
- Home Improvement Retailers
- Retail Specialty Stores
- Supermarket Chains
- Suppliers
- Hotels
- Shopping Malls and Centers
- Restaurants
- Employers
- Insurance Companies
- Third-Party Administrators for Claims Management and Risk
- State Bureaus & Agencies
- Public and Governmental Entities
- Homeowner and Condominium Associations
- Property Managers
- Doctors
- Hospitals
- Nurses
- Other Medical Professionals
- Adult Living Facilities
- Nursing Homes