Laurie Selber Silverstein

How Judge Silverstein rules, drawn from 8 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Court
U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware
Position
bankruptcy
Appointed by
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Commissioned
2015-01-07
Education
University of Delaware (B.S., cum laude, 1982); George Washington University National Law Center (J.D., with honors, 1985)
Signed orders read
8

How Judge Silverstein decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Cautions

A claim objection could not be expanded with new grounds after the claimant responded, reflecting the court's insistence that substantive objections be presented together.

“once a response is filed to a substantive objection, the objector may not add further bases for relief.”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

NAI Liquidation Trust v. Cooper
23-50393 · 2025-11-18
Motions to dismiss (Cooper group defendants) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Complaint [Docket No. 85] is DENIED.”

In re Imerys Talc America, Inc.
19-10289 · 2025-11-19
Objection to claim (Debtors) Denied

“Proof of Claim 639 is allowed in the amount of $9,350,000.”

Objection to claim (Debtors) Denied

“Proof of Claim 640 is allowed in the amount of $12,650,000.”

Carickhoff v. Hild
21-50966 · 2025-12-15
Motion to quash lis pendens (Hild entities) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Motion of Hild Entities to Quash or Cancel Notice of Lis Pendens [Docket No. 105] is DENIED.”

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Hay
23-50388 · 2026-01-08
Objection to discharge (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania) Denied

“JUDGMENT IS ENTERED in favor of Denise M. Hay on all Counts.”

In re Apple Tree Life Sciences, Inc.
25-12177 · 2026-04-14
Motion for relief from stay (Rigmora Biotech investors) Granted in part

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion of Rigmora Biotech Investor One LP and Rigmora Biotech Investor Two LP for Relief from the Automatic Stay (D.I. 125) is GRANTED, IN PART”

Motions to dismiss (Rigmora Biotech investors) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Amended Motion of Rigmora Biotech Investor One LP and Rigmora Biotech Investor Two LP for an Order Dismissing the Bankruptcy Cases of ATP Life Science Ventures L.P. and ATP III GP, Ltd. (D.I. 204) is DENIED.”

In re Park View Apt, LLC
24-11663 · 2026-06-09
Motion to enforce stipulation (American First National Bank, N.A.) Granted

“Accordingly, I will grant the Motion to Enforce to the extent set forth herein.”

In re MII Aviation Services LLC
26-10123 · 2026-07-29
Motion for allowance of administrative expense claim (Christopher R. Donovan, Sr.) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that the Motion is DENIED.”

In re Leisure Investments Holdings LLC
25-10606 · 2026-08-04
Motions to dismiss (Eduardo Albor) Denied

“IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss, for Relief from and Modification of the Automatic Stay and to Void Sanctions [Docket No. 1199] is DENIED.”

Motion for relief from stay (Eduardo Albor) Denied
Motion to void sanctions (Eduardo Albor) Denied

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

Three terminated sampled matters lasted from 98 to 1,029 days, with a median of 808 days. The sample is descriptive and is not a complete caseload census.

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