Holland & Knight's Stacy Plotkin Silber Joins the Washington Lawyers Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
May 27, 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Stacy Plotkin Silber, a partner in Holland & Knight's Bethesda, Md. office, has joined the Washington Lawyers Committee of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. This newly formed committee will assist in promoting the museum's initiatives, with a focus on promoting the study of the legal ramifications of the Holocaust to judges, lawyers, law students and professors.
"I'm honored to be a part of this special committee," Silber said. "We must not forget what happened during the Holocaust and thus we must continue the education of others to help prevent and stop genocide in other areas of the world. There are many legal dimensions of the Holocaust that require further study, including international human rights, criminal law, judicial ethics and minority rights. The committee will help support these efforts."
Silber is a member of Holland & Knight's Real Estate Section. She practices in the areas of land use and regularly represents clients before planning commissions, historic preservation commissions and elected offices in Maryland. Silber's experience includes working on large scale, planned commercial, residential and mixed use projects from the inception of development to the completion of regulatory review and appeals. Her representation of retailers, builders, developers, contractors and land owners involves working with clients on land development processes including project plans, site plans, subdivisions, historic preservation, master planning, zoning, affordable housing matters, transferable development right issues, legislative matters, special exceptions and variances.
Holland & Knight has a long history of promoting the study of the Holocaust through the firm's annual Holocaust Remembrance Project, a national essay contest that awards college scholarships to high school students. Ten first place winners receive a trip to Washington, D.C. where they meet with Holocaust survivors and hear their stories, visit the Holocaust Memorial Museum and are officially awarded their scholarships during an evening reception.
About the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: A living memorial to the Holocaust, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum strives to inspire leaders and citizens to confront hatred, prevent genocide, promote human dignity and strengthen democracy. Federal support guarantees the Museum's permanence, and donors nationwide make possible its educational activities and global outreach. www.ushmm.org.
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