Alexandria, Va.— ABI announces that Eric Silver of Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. (Miami) has been selected as one of ABI’s “40 Under 40,” ABI’s annual program that recognizes 40 of the top insolvency industry professionals under the age of 40. The honorees will be recognized at a special ceremony to be held on Dec. 10 at ABI’s 2021 Winter Leadership Conference at Terranea Resort in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

Silver is a shareholder in Stearns Weaver Miller’s Business Restructuring department and is a member of the firm’s board of directors. He handles complex commercial restructuring and related litigation matters in both federal and state courts. Silver regularly represents court-appointed fiduciaries, secured and unsecured creditors, and purchasers of distressed assets. Prior to joining the firm in 2010, he clerked for Hon. Robert A. Mark in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida. Over the past year, Silver has served as the president of the Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida and as Pro Bono Committee Chair for the Miami Division of the BBA and as a member of the Lawyers Advisory Committee for the Southern District of Florida’s Bankruptcy Court. He has been recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, named to Chambers USA’s Bankruptcy/Restructuring list for South Florida since 2016, and named to the International Financial Law Review 1000’s (IFLR1000’s) “Highly Regarded” list for Restructuring and Insolvency in Florida since 2018, and he has made the Pro Bono Honor Roll in the U.S. District and Bankruptcy Courts of the Southern District of Florida since 2016. Silver earned his J.D. magna cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, his M.B.A. from the University of Miami School of Business Administration and his B.A. from the University of Michigan.

“The 2021 honorees are a testament to the future of the insolvency profession, with exemplary accomplishments in both their careers and communities,” said ABI Executive Director Amy Quackenboss. “We look forward to this diverse collection of young leaders propelling ABI's full range of activities forward to advance the profession.”

The “40 Under 40” winners are distinguished by professional achievements and service and were selected by a group of experienced professionals from ABI’s current leadership. Nominations were submitted earlier this year by the candidates themselves or by colleagues via the initiative’s website, http://abi40under40.org. More than 200 candidates, each with outstanding records of professional achievement and community leadership, were evaluated by 20 judges. The majority of the applicants were partners, directors or managing directors at their firms.

Click here to view the full list of the 2021 “40 Under 40” honorees.

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ABI is the largest multi-disciplinary, nonpartisan organization dedicated to research and education on matters related to insolvency. ABI was founded in 1982 to provide Congress and the public with unbiased analysis of bankruptcy issues. The ABI membership includes nearly 10,000 attorneys, accountants, bankers, judges, professors, lenders, turnaround specialists and other bankruptcy professionals, providing a forum for the exchange of ideas and information. For additional information on ABI, visit www.abi.org. For additional conference information, visit http://www.abi.org/calendar-of-events.