Trivia

One of Sweden's most famous lawyers.

His grandson Fredrik Silbersky playing a pretty unsuccessful lawyer in Snälla kriminella (2021) is an obvious nod to Leif's classical status as one of the most famous Swedish lawyers during the 20th century.

Has two children, Eva and Thomas.

He worked for seven years at Henning Sjöström's law firm before starting his own firm in 1969.

In 2010, he defended a 23-year-old man who had beaten a 78-year-old woman to death in a parking lot in Landskrona . Silbersky called the incident an accident, which caused a lot of anger.

Silbersky was a prominent name in many high-profile cases which have attracted large media attention, making him one of the most notable and influential lawyers in Sweden.

He wrote a series of detective novels together with his friend Olov Svedelid .

Silbersky was a lawyer in many criminal cases that attracted media attention . He had assignments in connection with the Trustor härvan , the discotheque fire in Gothenburg and the Sigvard Marjasin case, and he represented Marie Fredriksson when she sued Expressen's responsible publisher Joachim Berner for defamation after the newspaper published incorrect information about her cancer .

According to his own account, he could not take on drug cases, after he discovered that in such cases he "couldn't make a full effort" as he believes that he "took a moral stand in a way that a lawyer does not should do".

Silbersky obtained his matriculation degree in Malmö in 1958 and his bachelor's degree in law at Stockholm University in 1962.

Leif Silbersky was a Swedish lawyer and author.

In the book "Såra tukt och sedlighet" (1969), Silbersky claims that it was he who in 1967 persuaded Stockholm's City Hall to change its practice and allow pornography through. The section in question on harming discipline and morals in the criminal code was later completely abolished in 1970.

He also appeared as himself in the sexual education film Kärlekens XYZ (1971), in the detective story Beck - Advokaten (2006) and as a lawyer in the TV series Solsidan .

In the late 1960s, he made himself known as defender of the Swedish porn kings of the time with Curth Hson at the head.