Practice Areas
Admissions
- Florida Bar (1982)
- All Florida state courts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Courts of Appeals – 9th and 11th Circuits
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
Education
- University of Florida, J.D. (1981)
- University of South Florida, B.A. (1979)
Professional Honors
- AV rating, Martindale Hubbell
Scott A. Silver Partner
Scott A. Silver is a partner of Silver, Garvett & Henkel. He has been practicing law for over 25 years and holds Martindale Hubbell’s highest AV ranking. Scott’s principal areas of practice are business and real estate litigation, business and real estate transactions, and general corporate representation. He has experience in the following fields:
- class action litigation
- lender liability
- judgment collection
- insurance claims
- breach of contract litigation
- construction contract disputes and construction defect claims
- telecommunications law
- real estate disputes including both residential and commercial brokerage claims, commercial landlord\tenant disputes, and breaches of real property sales contracts
- defense of wrongful death claims
- business torts, including claims for fraud and misrepresentation, Florida’s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act (“FDUTPA”), breach of fiduciary duty, conversion, civil theft, conspiracy, negligence, and unjust enrichment
- shareholder disputes in closely-held corporations
He acts as a legal advisor to several national and local real estate brokerage firms having offices in South Florida.
Scott has litigated and mediated general and complex commercial cases in the state and federal courts in South Florida both at the trial and appellate court levels. He has also litigated cases in California, the District of Columbia, Georgia, and Texas. He has handled appeals before Florida’s Third District Court of Appeals, in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Ninth and Eleventh Circuits, and in the U.S. Supreme Court.
Scott obtained both his Juris Doctor degree (1981) from the University of Florida and his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of South Florida (1979). After law school, he served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Florida, with an emphasis on appellate law. Thereafter he was associated with and then became a partner at the Miami civil litigation firm of Gilbride, Heller & Brown, P.A. In 1989, Scott joined his childhood friend, Fredric Garvett, to found Silver & Garvett, now known as Silver, Garvett & Henkel.
Contemporaneous with his law practice, Scott has been a developer and investor in numerous commercial real estate properties and projects. His signature development is the Palmetto Bay Village Center, an 80-acre office park campus overlooking Biscayne Bay in Miami. This property was the former world headquarters of Burger King Corporation and is the location of Silver, Garvett & Henkel’s offices.
Scott is active in various community and charitable organizations, such as Shake-a-Leg Miami, an organization devoted to the assistance of persons with disabilities and at-risk children. He was the past President of the Deering Estate Foundation and the Founder of the Sobay Festival of the Arts. Scott was an Eagle Scout and supports scouting activities.
He is married and the father of two children.
Practice Areas
- Real Estate Litigation
- Real Estate Transactions
- Contracts and Business Transactions
- Business Litigation
Admissions
- The Florida Bar, 1982
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Courts of Appeal, Ninth and Eleventh Circuits
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida
Education
- University of Florida, Juris Doctor, Gainesville, Florida, 1981
- University of South Florida, Bachelor of Arts, Tampa, Florida, 1979
Memberships
- President, John Marshall Bar Association, University of Florida School of Law (1980-81)