Member Benefit Compliance Session

Mr. Silberblatt is the managing partner of the Pittsburgh law firm of Silberblatt Mermelstein, P.C. He received his B.A., cum laude, from Allegheny College in 1977 and his J.D. from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in 1980 where he served as a Senior Writer on the Law Review. He is Board Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy as a Civil Trial Advocate. During his long career, Mr. Silberblatt concentrated his practice in civil litigation with a particular emphasis on lawyers’ professional liability matters. Now, as a Mediator with Noble Mediation, LLC, he is helping lawyers across the state to resolve their cases. He served as the 128th President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association from 2022-2023. He also served two terms on the Board of Governors of the Allegheny County Bar Association, and he is a Fellow of the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County, having also served on its Board of Governors. Mr. Silberblatt was Chair of both the Civil Litigation Section of the Allegheny County Bar Association and the Civil Litigation Section of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, and he was a Director of the Pennsylvania Bar Foundation. He was the PBA Zone 12 Governor from 2015 to 2018 and is a member of the PBA House of Delegates and represents the PBA on the American Bar Association House of Delegates. He has chaired the PBA Lawyers Professional Liability Committee, is an appointed member of the PBA Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee, and served as the Chair of the PBA Review and Certifying Board. He has been appointed by the ABA President to the ABA’s Taskforce to Combat Antisemitism. He served a six-year term as a member of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Continuing Legal Education Board, and he is a Hearing Committee Member for the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. He was appointed by the Supreme Court and serves on the Pennsylvania Commission for Fairness and Justice. He received PBA Special Achievement Awards in 2000 for his work in planning the PBA Civil Litigation Section’s Retreat and in 2004 and 2025 for his work in planning and presenting malpractice avoidance programs for the Professional Liability Committee. Jay was awarded the PBA President’s Award in 2002 for his efforts with Senate Bill 406 and Rule 1023.1 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, in 2020 for his work on the PBA Covid-19 Task Force, and in 2023 for his work on the PBA’s Search and Transition Committee. A third generation Pennsylvania lawyer, he is the author of numerous legal articles that have appeared in The Barrister, The Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, The Pennsylvania Law Weekly, The Pennsylvania Lawyer, The Pittsburgh Legal Journal, The Lawyer’s Journal, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, The Pennsylvania Family Lawyer, The Advocate, and Trial. Mr. Silberblatt has lectured for the Allegheny County Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Association, the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, the Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association, the Pennsylvania CLE Board, and Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company.

Brian S. Quinn, Esquire is a licensed attorney in Pennsylvania who currently serves as the Education and Outreach Coordinator for Lawyers concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania, Inc., a Lawyers Assistance program established in 1988 for the purpose of helping lawyers, judges and law students recover from alcoholism, drug addiction and mental health disorders.

Mr. Quinn obtained his undergraduate degree in 1970, his law degree in 1973 and a certificate in Drug and Alcohol counselling in 2012, all from Villanova University. In addition to his position with Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers in 2017, Mr. Quinn has been engaged in private practice for nearly 50 years as well. His practice is now limited to estate planning and administration.

Mr. Quinn has also worked in the field of Alcohol and Drug Counselling in suburban Philadelphia.

Mr. Quinn is a past member of the Board of Directors of Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers of Pennsylvania and served as a peer volunteer prior to accepting his current role as the organization's Educator.

Mr. Quinn has conducted CLE presentations for Bar Associations, private law firms and professional organizations, as well as for CLE providers, on a variety of topics in the fields of Lawyer wellness and impairment in the legal profession. He is a nationally recognized educator and wellness advocate.