C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E NAME: DANIEL A. SILVER ADDRESS: 905 Rattlesnake Ferry Road Alto Pass, Illinois 62905 BIRTH DATE: January 27, 1960 TELEPHONE: (618) 924-0580 E-MAIL: dsilver60@gmail.com WORK EXPERIENCE: Southern Illinois University Paralegal Studies Program Faner Hall, Mail Code 4540 Carbondale, Illinois 62901-4540 August 19, 2013 Present Senior Lecturer, Paralegal Studies Program Business Entities July 9, 2012 Present Senior Lecturer, Paralegal Studies Program Technologies in Law January, 2012 Present Basic Skills for Paralegals July 1, 2011 July 9, 2012 Director, Paralegal Studies Program January, 2011 May 15, 2013 Advanced Internship December 16, 2010 June 30, 2011 Interim Director, Paralegal Studies Program August, 2005 December, 2010 Paralegal Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing II August, 2004 Present Introduction to Law for Paralegals May, 2004 July 9, 2012 Academic Advisor May, 2004 December 15, 2010 Assistant Director January 2003 Present Assisted in Preparations of each ABA Re-Approval and Interim Report August, 2002 Present Paralegal Legal Analysis, Research, and Writing I January, 2002 Present Paralegal Bankruptcy and Creditors Rights Page 1 of 10
WORK EXPERIENCE (continued): Law Office of Daniel A. Silver a/k/a Bankruptcy Alternatives 428 Murphy Street Murphysboro, Illinois 62966 (618) 924-0580 September, 1998 - Present Attorney at Law/Owner/Operator Law Office of William A. Mueller d/b/a The Bankruptcy Center 7805 West Main Street Belleville, Illinois 62223 (618) 394-0713 August, 1994 - September, 1998 Attorney at Law/Associate Law Office of John C. Chullen 903 West Washington, Suite 1 Benton, Illinois 62812 (618) 438-0031 August, 1993 - August, 1994 Attorney at Law/Associate Jackson County Public Defender Murphysboro, Illinois 62966 (618) 687-7250 December, 1992 - August, 1993 Licensure: Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 711 License Graduate Assistant/Law Clerk Student Legal Assistance Office Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Student Center - Third Floor Carbondale, Illinois 62901 (618) 536-6677 May, 1991 - August, 1993 Licensure: Pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 711 License Graduate Assistant/Law Clerk Page 2 of 10
WORK EXPERIENCE (continued): Silverstreak Secretarial and Reporting Service Rural Route 9, Box 120 Carbondale, Illinois 62901 (618) 457-6200 April, 1986 - December, 1991 Owner/Operator/Court Reporting and Stenography Barrett, Twomey, Morris, Broom & Hughes Attorneys at Law 401 North Beadle Drive P. O. Box 1227 Carbondale, Illinois 62903-1227 (618) 457-0437 Summer and Fall, 1989 Law Clerk Law Offices of Scott I. Canel and Associates (Formerly of Hoffman & Davis, P.C.) Attorneys at Law 30 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1730 Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 580-0085 February, 1985 - May, 1987 Executive Legal Secretary for Scott I. Canel and David A. Saunders Law Offices of James Ellis Gumbiner & Associates Attorney at Law Six North Michigan Avenue, Suite 1305 Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 236-9751 June, 1984 - February, 1985 Executive Legal Secretary for James E. Gumbiner Wolfe, Rosenberg & Associates 188 West Randolph Street, 20th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60601 (312) 782-8087 June, 1982 - June, 1984 Professional Court Reporter Page 3 of 10
CURRENT PROJECTS: Textbook, Practical Bankruptcy for Paralegals for Pearson Publishing [12 chapters tendered to date] EDUCATION: Southern Illinois University at Carbondale School of Law Lesar Law Building Carbondale, Illinois 62901 Degree: Juris Doctor, May, 1993 Extracurricular Activities: 711 License employment with Jackson County Public Defender Law and Medicine Society In-Hospital Observational Internship Women's Law Forum International Law Society Orientation Group Leader Student Bar Association Deputy Voter Registrar Southern Illinois University at Carbondale Carbondale, Illinois 62901 Degree: Bachelor of Arts in English, May, 1990 Extracurricular Activities: Employment with Student Legal Assistance Office University Honor Program Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society - President Golden Key Honor Society Law Clerk Clinic Outstanding College Students of America (OCSA) English Tutor Chemistry Tutor Undergraduate Student Government Judicial Board of Discipline Illinois Public Interest Research Group (IPIRG) Triton Junior College River Grove, Illinois 60171 August, 1978 - December, 1981 Area of Study: Court and Conventional Reporting Degrees: Registered Professional Reporter (R.P.R.) Certified Shorthand Reporter (C.S.R.) Illinois Officialship Page 4 of 10
PRESENTATIONS: Community High School - Spring 2014 Worked with Student Prosecution Team for the Law and Leadership Institute Mock Trial, Federal Courthouse, Federal Court for the Southern District of Illinois, Benton, Illinois June 27, 2013 Community High School - Spring 2013 Community High School April 30, 2012 Speaker, Jackson County Bar Association re: E-Discovery February 16, 2012 Speaker at National American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE) Conference re: Advanced Uses of Microsoft Word Fall 2011 Speaker, Jackson County Bar Association re: Technologies in Law October 20, 2011 Community High School - Spring 2011 Community High School - Spring 2010 Speaker at National AAfPE Conference re: The paralegal s function in monitoring electronically transmitted information and encryption Fall 2009 Community High School - Spring 2009 Speaker at Regional AAfPE Conference re: Teaching Strategies and Skills - Spring 2008 Speaker at Regional AAfPE Conference re: Electronic Filing and Electronic Discovery - Spring 2008 Page 5 of 10
Community High School - Spring 2008 Speaker at National AAfPE Conference re: Electronic Filing and Electronic Discovery - Fall 2007 UNIVERSITY COUNCILS: CoLA Dean Search Committee November 2014 Spring 2015 CoLA Council Fall 2006 Spring 2011 Chair of CoLA Council Recruitment and Retention Committee 2010-2011 Academic Year Chair of CoLA Council Committee on Grievance and Goodwill - 2008-2009 Academic Year Paralegal Studies Advisory Committee Spring 2002 Present Supervisor for Organization of Paralegal Students PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS: Chair, Jackson County Bar Association Social Committee October 2015 June 2015 President, Jackson County Bar Association July 2013 June 2014 Co-Chair, Jackson County Bar Association Social Committee October 2013 June 2014 Joint CLE Planning Committee, Joint SIU School of Law/Jackson County Bar Association CLE Event October 2013 June 2014 Vice-President, Jackson County Bar Association July 2012 June 2013 Joint CLE Planning Committee, Joint SIU School of Law/Jackson County Bar Association CLE Event October 2012 June 2013 Page 6 of 10
American Association for Paralegal Education (AAfPE) Fall, 2006 - Present American Bar Association Spring 1993 - Present Bankruptcy Association of Southern Illinois Fall 2005 Present Illinois Paralegal Association Illinois State Bar Association Jackson County Bar Association BOOK REVIEWS: Reviewed chapters from the manuscript for The ABC s of Debt, written by Stephen Parsons, for Wolters Kluwer, spring, 2008 CONTINUING LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE EDUCATION: Judging Moot Court Arguments, SIU School of Law September 19, 2014 Jackson County Bar Association monthly CLE meetings - continuing Jackson County Bar Association, Judges Panel May 15, 2014 Jackson County Bar Association, Todd Graham, Ph.D. The Art of Persuasion, Tips for Crafting and Delivering an Effective Argument April 17, 2014 Joint CLE Conference, Lesar Law School April 4, 2014 Jackson County Bar Association, Honorable James M. Radcliffe Lawyers Assistance Program March 28, 2014 Jackson County Bar Association, Cannabis and the Law March 20, 2014 Jackson County Bar Association, Preparing Divorce Decrees in Anticipation of Bankruptcy January 16, 2014 Page 7 of 10
Jackson County Bar Association, The Basics of the Affordable Care Act November 21, 2013 Judging Moot Court Arguments, SIU School of Law November 1, 2013 Jackson County Bar Association, The Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act: Rights of Returning Service Members with Updates October 17,2013 Basic Skills and Family Mediation Training August 5 through August 9, 2013 Jackson County Bar Association, Non-Verbal Persuasion May 16, 2013 Joint CLE Conference, Lesar Law School April 26, 2013 Judging Moot Court Arguments, SIU School of Law September 21, 2012 Jackson County Bar Association, Judges Panel May 17, 2012 Joint CLE Conference, Lesar Law School April 20, 2012 Jackson County Bar Association, Frustration and Foreclosures The Legal Dilemma of the 21 st Century - April 19, 2012 Judging Oral Arguments, SIU School of Law April 17, 2012 Desire2Learn Training December 13, 2011 AAfPE National Conference for Paralegal Educators November 2, 2011 through November 5, 2011 Assessment Workshop, Student Center Ballroom October 6, 2011 Moot Court Judge, Lesar Law School Courtroom September 24, 2011 Labor & Employee Relations Seminar, Student Health Center September 8, 2011 University Guidelines Workshop, Morris Library Guyon Auditorium August 31, 2011 Page 8 of 10
Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission CLE Webinar; Law Practice Transitions: The Ethical Obligations When Selling, Closing, or Leaving a Law Practice June 2, 2011 P-Card Training April 27, 2011 Jackson County Bar Association Judges Panel, Carbondale, Illinois April 21, 2011 Judging Lawyering Skills Oral Arguments, Southern Illinois University School of Law April 20, 2011 AAfPE Regional Conference, Chicago, Illinois April 9, 2011 Joint CLE Conference, Southern Illinois University School of Law April 8, 2011 Teaching Pedagogy, Guyan Auditorium, SIUC March 21, 2011 AIS Training February 22, 2011 Hobson s Connect and Hobson s Retain Training January 11, 2011 Forms 90-90A Seminar, SIUC September 8, 2010 Joint CLE Conference, Southern Illinois University School of Law April 16, 2010 AAfPE Regional Conference, Madison, Wisconsin April 10-11, 2010 AAfPE National Conference, Portland, Oregon - October 28-31, 2009 Joint CLE Conference, Southern Illinois University School of Law April, 2009 April, 2009 AAfPE Regional Conference, Chicago, Illinois - April 3-4, 2009 Judging Lawyering Skills Oral Arguments, Southern Illinois University School of Law - April, 2008 April, 2008 Page 9 of 10
AAfPE Regional Conference, Cleveland, Ohio March, 2008 LexisNexis Total Litigator Seminar March, 2008 Adversary Chapter 13 Bankruptcy: A Seminar for the Active Practitioner October, 2007 AAfPE National Conference, Baltimore, Maryland October 24-27, 2007 June 1, 2007 AAfPE Regional Conference, Chicago, Illinois March 23-24, 2007 Bankruptcy Symposium: Shredding the Safety Net, Southern Illinois University School of Law February 16, 2007 Luminis Workshop, Student Center, SIUC January 26, 2007 January 6, 2007 Bankruptcy Seminar: Advanced Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, Bankruptcy Association of Southern Illinois December, 2006 - June, 2006 April 15, 2005 Page 10 of 10