Miguel Silva

Fee: $500

He was brought to America as his parents pursued the American Dream. They sought to provide a better education for their children and as Silva grew he too saw the opportunities that education and hard work would provide. It was through this exposure he began working to achieve his dream of becoming an attorney. While in high school, Silva was invited by a friend's father to shadow him at his law office. A partner in his firm, he allowed Silver to interact with his team, learn about researching cases and observe general strategy sessions. Though this attorney had a very full docket of cases, he also donated his time to his community and social causes that affected it. This had an amazing impact on Silver. He learned that though you may find great financial success and recognition with a During this time he interned for a Mass Tort attorney. He worked on cases involving psychiatric fraud. He was appalled by how the patients were abused both emotionally and physically. The families were often times misled by big corporations more interested in the profits they could make than in actually helping their patients. This lead to terrible abuses which included kidnapping and sometimes even death. Silva worked, as an intern, on these groundbreaking cases and was able to be a part of the solution. He assisted in helping the families seek and receive justice for their unnecessary pain and suffering. Silva witnessed first hand how powerful the law could be to help right the wrongs and give peace and assistance to victims of abuse. The impact of this case has stayed with Silva. Many of our most important cases today pertain to victims of exploitation. Silva has sought to help them and to educate society in an effort to prevent creating more victims.