Additionally, Silvia serves as both bond counsel and/or borrower’s counsel on conduit debt financings for higher education institutions and charter schools, continuing care retirement and senior living communities, and other nonprofit organizations.

In addition to assisting states, municipalities, school districts, and 501(c)(3) organizations on finance matters, Silvia also advises issuers, underwriters, borrowers, and purchasers in connection with the structuring, issuance, offering, remarketing, and restructuring of tax-exempt and taxable municipal securities.

Before attending law school, Silvia worked as a program and policy analyst for the Office of Management, Development, and Research for the City of New York’s Administration for Children’s Services. The organization protects and promotes children’s safety by providing child welfare, juvenile justice, and care and education services.