Robins Kaplan LLP is pleased to announce that Roman Silberfeld and Tommy Du have been honored with a 2025 California Lawyer Attorney of the Year (CLAY) Award by the Daily Journal. They are recognized for their extraordinary advocacy in securing a historic victory for disabled homeless veterans in Los Angeles.
As co-lead counsel in a groundbreaking class action case against the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Silberfeld and Du represented the certified class of approximately 3,000 homeless veterans suffering from traumatic brain injuries and severe mental illness. The 16-day trial culminated in a decisive ruling that delivers a pathway to addressing one of the nation’s most severe veteran homelessness crises.
The case has profound implications for veterans' rights nationwide, establishing that the VA's failure to provide housing violates the Rehabilitation Act and affirming that housing access is a legal right for disabled veterans. The ruling prevents further misallocation of federally designated resources and restores the West LA VA campus to its intended purpose.
"This recognition from the Daily Journal highlights the transformative impact that dedicated legal advocacy can have on our most vulnerable communities," Du said. "While I'm honored to receive this award, the true victory belongs to the thousands of veterans who will finally have access to the housing and healthcare they've been promised and deserve."
A partner in the firm’s Los Angeles office, Du focuses his practice on complex business and commercial litigation. He was recently recognized in the Los Angeles Business Journal's 2025 "Leaders of Influence: Minority Attorneys" list and selected as a 2024 Leadership Council on Legal Diversity (LCLD) Fellow. He is also listed in The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch (2025 Edition) and has been named to Super Lawyers' Southern California Rising Stars list multiple times.
Silberfeld, who serves as the firm’s National Trial Chair, boasts a 50-year track record of success in complex civil litigation across various sectors, including business, technology, product liability, and mass torts. He gained national recognition for leading the $269.4 million verdict in the “Hollywood accounting” lawsuit for Celador International, creator of the “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” game show, and has served as lead counsel in numerous multi-party, multi-state, and class action cases.
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