Silberman Law Firm, PLLC

Focus and practice areas

The firm handles five areas of Texas law. Those are business law, probate, real estate, construction, and litigation. In my opinion that mix points to a practice built around property, business, and the disputes that follow both.

The five areas overlap more than they compete. A business sale can raise a real estate question. An estate can hold a family company. Litigation runs underneath all of it, since the firm's court work grows out of its business, real estate, and probate matters. The firm says it handles many routine matters as well as complex litigation. A routine matter may settle with a filing and a hearing, while complex litigation can run through discovery, motions, and trial.

Business law and its two sides

Business work splits into transactions and litigation. The transactional side takes on entity formation, contracts, and the sale of businesses. Entity formation sets up the legal shell a company operates through, whether that is an LLC, a corporation, or a partnership. Contract work sets the terms two parties will hold each other to.

The litigation side handles business disputes, for when those deals break down. A breach of contract, a partnership split, or a failed sale can all land in court. Because the same firm drafts and litigates, a client can start with an agreement and keep the same lawyers if that agreement is later tested. That continuity is a practical benefit for an owner who wants to keep one team on the file.

How the probate practice is organized

Probate covers a wide slice of estate work. The firm handles estate administration, wills, and probates. It also takes will contests, where relatives dispute whether a will is valid. The sitemap adds living trusts and trusts to that list, which points to planning work as well as court work.

Probate matters in Texas usually run through a county or statutory probate court. An executor files the will, the court admits it, and administration follows. Will contests add a fight over capacity, undue influence, or a later document that surfaces. An heir who wants to challenge a will must act within a set window, so these matters reward early advice. The probate side takes on that kind of work, and the trust listings suggest the firm also drafts the documents that shape how an estate passes.

Real estate and construction matters

Real estate here spans paperwork and courtroom work. The firm prepares documents and handles closings, the point where a sale becomes final and title changes hands. It works on leases, evictions, and foreclosures. Evictions run on a fast statutory track in Texas, and foreclosures follow their own notice rules, so both reward a firm that knows the local timelines. When a deal or a title turns into a dispute, the firm handles the real estate litigation too.

Construction law appears alongside real estate on the practice list. Construction disputes commonly turn on contracts, payment, liens, and defect claims. A subcontractor chasing payment and an owner defending a defect claim sit on opposite sides of the same statute. Texas runs a mechanic's lien system with strict deadlines, so timing drives much of the work, and a missed date can decide a claim. As a reviewer, I read the pairing of real estate and construction as a sign the firm keeps property deals and building disputes under one roof.

Where the firm operates

The firm runs seven offices across Texas. They are in Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Corpus Christi, and Beaumont. The principal office is in Houston.

That spread covers the state's major metro areas and part of the Gulf Coast. Probate and real estate follow local courts and county records, so offices in several regions keep the work near where filings happen. A San Antonio eviction and a Beaumont probate answer to different local courts, and a firm with staff in both places can meet each on its own ground. In my opinion that footprint is the clearest measure of the firm's reach across Texas.

Who is named, and what the firm publishes

The site credits Philip Silberman as the author of the firm's blog posts. The attorneys page did not list bios or credentials, so his training and admission year stay off the page. His name carries the firm's writing, and it is the one person the site puts forward.

The firm keeps two public channels going. One is a legal blog. The other is the Weekly Docket Podcast, filed under Resources, which covers real estate, probate, and business topics. Both track the same subjects the firm practices, and they give a prospective client something to read or hear before a first call. A reader can see the topics, the author, and how current the posts are before making contact. The site's copyright notice reads 2016, though the firm does not state a founding year.