Email: dsilverman@ancelglink.com

Member: American Planning Association, American Institute of Certified Planners and the American Bar Association

Education: John Marshall Law School (J.D. 1999); Wayne State University (M.U.P. 1995); Indiana University-Bloomington (B.A. 1990)

Practice Areas: Local Government Law, Zoning and Land Use, Economic Development, Liquor Regulation, Real Estate

Bio: David S. Silverman is a partner with Ancel Glink Diamond Bush DiCianni & Krafthefer, P.C., and concentrates his practice in the areas of land use, economic development, and general local government law. Prior to his career as an attorney, David practiced as an urban planning and economic development consultant to both the cities of Chicago and Detroit, and several neighborhood development organizations.

As an attorney, David’s experience includes: 

• Advising boards of trustees on a wide range of legal and policy matters; 
• Advising plan commissions, and zoning boards on zoning and planning matters; 
• Preparing numerous zoning, subdivision and unified development ordinances, including creating innovative zoning regulations designed to implement and accomplish specific and unique land use goals; 
• Negotiating and structuring complex annexations and real estate transactions; 
• Negotiating and preparing various intergovernmental agreements; 
• Establishing tax increment financing districts, special service areas, and business development and redevelopment districts; and 
• Representing private and public sector clients in front of the Illinois Commerce Commission and Illinois Liquor Control Commission. 

David is a frequent speaker at various land use and economic development law seminars and has served as a guest lecturer on land use law topics at the School of Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign and at the John Marshall Law School. In addition, he has written several articles and contributed to various publications on a wide array of land use and economic development topics.

David is co-chair of Ancel Glink’s Zoning and Land Use Group and co-editor of the group’s e-newsletter, In the Zone. David also serves as moderator for the Zoning and Land Use Group’s Twitter site, @AncelGlinkLand (https://twitter.com/#!/AncelGlinkLand).

David is a member American Institute of Certified Planners and the honorary land economics fraternity, Lambda Alpha – Ely Chapter.