Monica A. Silver

msilver@quinncova.com

Ms. Silver represents private and public clients across all stages in litigation from pre-lawsuit investigations to trial in both state and federal courts. Ms. Silver’s work spans personal injury and property damage matters, as well as employment related matters including discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims. Ms. Silver has experience defending railroad companies in personal injury cases brought under the Federal Employer’s Liability Act as well as passenger claims and complex asbestos litigation matters.

Her public entity work involves litigating claims on behalf of public entities for damage to public property and power theft, as well as defending public entities in claims for property damage and employment related matters. She regularly defends public entity clients against claims alleging dangerous conditions of public property under Government Code section 830, et seq.

While attending law school, Ms. Silver served as a member of the Moot Court Honors Board as Vice-Chair and as the Vice-President for the Jewish Law Students Association. She also was one of the founding Board Members of the Craft Beer Law Association at McGeorge School of Law. In 2019, Ms. Silver was named as the McGeorge Appellate Advocate of the Year and was made a member of the Order of the Barristers.

Ms. Silver is admitted to practice in the State of California and before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. She is a member of the National Association of Railroad Trial Counsel and a member of the Sacramento County Bar Association.