Practice areas: Family Law, Schools & Education; view more
Licensed in New York since: 2009
Education: Western New England University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2020 - 2023 Call today:
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McCall, Sweeney & Silva, P.C.
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Latham, NY 12110 Visit website
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Revered within her legal community through her efficacious practice, Leslie A. Silva emphasizes personalized attention, meticulous focus and an enthusiastic zeal to see her clients free of their legal woes. A principal attorney at McCall, Sweeney & Silva, P.C., she primarily handles family law matters such as divorce and separation, child custody and support, spousal maintenance, and marital agreements, as well as education law issues pertaining to special education and school discipline, among many others.
Ms. Silva completed her undergraduate studies in 2005, graduating with her Bachelor of Science degree in political science from Sacred Heart University. She went on to attend the Western New England University School of Law, where her shrewd legal acumen and talents were fostered and sharpened through her active involvement on campus. She received her Juris Doctor in 2008, and a year later, she obtained her license to practice law in New York.
A consummate professional through and through, Ms. Silva maintains consistency in her eminent representation across every case she takes on, ensuring her clients are well taken care of during this tumultuous time. For her many contributions to her legal field, she has been rated a perfect score of “10.0” on Avvo and hosts myriad positive client testimonials on the site as well.
Outside her law practice, Ms. Silva holds close affiliations with numerous prominent legal organizations, including the New York State Bar Association (Family Law Section), the Albany County Bar Association and the Schenectady County Bar Association. She is also licensed to practice in the state of Connecticut.
Practice areas
Family Law, Schools & EducationFocus areas
Adoption, Alimony & Spousal Support, Child Support, Custody & Visitation, Dissolution, Divorce, Domestic Violence, Education, Father's Rights, Juvenile Law, Marital Property, Mediation & Collaborative Law, Name Change, Paternity, Prenuptial Agreements, Same Sex Family Law, Schools
- 70% Family Law
- 30% Schools & Education
First Admitted: 2009, New York
Professional Webpage: https://www.msslawny.com/leslie-a-silva
- New York, 2009
- Connecticut, 2009
- New York State Bar Association, Member
- Albany County Bar Association
- New York State Bar Association, Family Law Section
- Schenectady County Bar Association
- Connecticut Women's Education and Legal Fund (CWEALF)
- Represented pro bono client through the Legal Aid Society of Northeastern New York, 2020
- Leading Family Lawyer, Law Dragon, 2024
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, Thomson Reuters, 2020
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, Thomson Reuters, 2022
- Super Lawyers Rising Star, Thomson Reuters, 2021
- Rated a perfect score of “10.0” on Avvo
- Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, Bachelor of Science, Major: Political Science, Minor: History, 2005
- In 2010, New York added the “no-fault” ground for divorce, otherwise known as DRL Section 170.7. The addition allowed for one spouse to seek a divorce based upon their statement under oath that the relationship between the spouses has broken down irretrievably for a period of at least six months. Often, uncontested and no-fault are terms that the general public interchanges but are quite different. Uncontested divorces, which are those in which the parties had previously entered into a settlement agreement resolving all of their economic and custody issues, are prevalent across the country as a separate cause of action, as they once were here in New York., Author, The Necessity of No Fault Divorce, New York Law Journal, 2023
- The goal of the legislature in passing this law is to provide custodial parents who are charged with caring for an adult-age child with the ability to continue supporting their children, with continuing financial contributions from the non-custodial party., Co-Author, Extension of Child Support Payments for Disabled Children, New York Law Journal, 2021
- The recent overturning of 'Roe v. Wade' will have a much wider impact than the rights of women to choose to terminate a pregnancy., Author, How Overturning 'Roe v. Wade' Will Impact Parenting Rights, New York Law Journal, 2022
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2025
- Rising Stars: 2020 - 2023
