Stephen M. Silvestri

Biography

Stephen M. Silvestri is a Principal in the Baltimore, Maryland, office of Jackson Lewis P.C. He has nearly 30 years of experience representing companies, public sector employers, and institutions of higher learning in complex labor disputes, and has acted as their chief spokesperson and bargaining strategist in negotiations throughout the country.

His practice also includes union avoidance, EEO trials in state and federal courts, employee benefits litigation, labor arbitrations and WARN Act and restrictive covenant litigation. Mr. Silvestri is primary labor and trial counsel to employers in a broad range of industries, including, health care, retail, transportation and manufacturing.

For the six years prior to joining Jackson Lewis, Mr. Silvestri was the head of the labor law practice at a leading competitor firm. Prior to that, he served as chief outside counsel to an international manufacturing company with facilities throughout the United States. After law school, he clerked for the Honorable John Fanning, Chair of the National Labor Relations Board.