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Entertainment & Sports

Feb. 1, 2011

'Millionaire' Verdict Wins Lawyer Praise

Roman Silberfeld will be honored this week by the Beverly Hills Bar Association with its"excellence in advocacy" award for the $319 million verdict he won for Celador over "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire."


By Jean-Luc Renault


Daily Journal Staff Writer


Roman Silberfeld never handled an entertainment case before he took over the lawsuit between production company Celador International and the Walt Disney Co. on the eve of the trial.


"I didn't even know what Celador was," said the 61-year-old managing partner of Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi LLP's Century City office.


Until then, Silberfeld specialized in medical...

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