Attorneys & Professional Staff: Jol A. Silversmith

Title:  Partner
Email: jasilversmith@zsrlaw.com
Department:  General Practice
Practice Areas:  Litigation; Administrative Law; Aviation; Trademarks; Government Contracts; Antitrust; Corporate and Business Matters
Education:  Harvard College (B.A., cum laude, 1994); London School of Economics (M.Sc., 1995); Harvard Law School (J.D., cum laude, 1998); Senior Editor, Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review, 1997-98.
Phone:  202.973.7918

Jol Silversmith’s practice principally involves advising airlines, other aviation-related businesses, and governmental entities on such issues as government regulation (i.e., DOT and FAA), international bilateral relations, airport issues, litigation, antitrust, intellectual property, and government affairs.

Prior to joining Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger in 1999, Mr. Silversmith served as a law clerk to the Justices of the Superior Court of Massachusetts.

Mr. Silversmith is a member of the District of Columbia Bar, the Massachusetts Bar and the Maryland Bar. Mr. Silversmith serves as a Director and the Secretary of the Greater Washington Business Aviation Association and is a member of the National Business Aviation Association’s Access Committee.

Publications

Transportation Antitrust Cases, 2009, by James A. Calderwood and Jol A. Silversmith. Published in The Transportation Lawyer, April 2010.

FAA Enforcement of Airport Improvement Program Grant Assurances, 2009, by Jol Silversmith.

DOT Enforcement of Its Prohibitions on Unfair and Deceptive Practices, 2009, by Jol Silversmith.

Transportation Antitrust Cases, 2008, by James A. Calderwood and Jol A. Silversmith. Published in The Transportation Lawyer, April 2009.

FAA Enforcement of Airport Improvement Grant Assurances, 2008, by Jol Silversmith

DOT Enforcement of Its Prohibitions on Unfair and Deceptive Practices 2008, by Jol Silversmith.

Department of Transportation Advertising Regulations (November 2008).

DOT Enforcement of Its Prohibitions on Unfair and Deceptive Practices, 2007, by Jol Silversmith.

Transportation Antitrust Cases, 2007, by James A. Calderwood and Jol A. Silversmith. Published in The Transportation Lawyer, April 2008.

Transportation Antitrust Cases, 2006, by James A. Calderwood and Jol A. Silversmith. Published in The Transportation Lawyer, April 2007.

DOT Enforcement of Its Prohibitions on Unfair and Deceptive Practices, 2006, by Jol Silversmith.

The Dog That Did Nothing: The Curious Incident of DOT's Animal Reporting Requirements, by Jol Silversmith. Published in TransLaw, Summer 2006.

Transportation Antitrust Cases, 2005, by James A. Calderwood and Jol A. Silversmith. Published in The Transportation Lawyer, April 2006.

DOT Oversight of Air Carrier Advertising and Unfair or Deceptive Practices, 2005.

Department of Transportation Advertising Regulations (March 2005).

Transportation Antitrust Cases, 2004, by James A. Calderwood and Jol A. Silversmith. Published in The Transportation Lawyer, April 2005.

DOT Oversight of Air Carrier Advertising and Unfair or Deceptive Practices, 2004, by Jol Silversmith. Published in the Winter 2005 issue of The Air and Space Lawyer (American Bar Association), whose editor describes the author as “an up-and-coming-aviation lawyer from one of the finest aviation firms.”

The Importance of Being Earnest: The DOT’s Code-Share and Change-of-Gauge Disclosure Requirements. Published in The Aviation Quarterly (Part 4, October 2000).