Candace Silvers

Candace Silvers has worked in the legal field since 1999. She began her career in billing and accounts receivable and progressed through nearly every position in the accounting department, excluding general ledger. Currently, she serves as Billing Manager at the third largest law firm in the United States, managing a team of 10 billers while contributing to the broader accounting and billing operations as part of the management team. Silvers is efficiency-minded and has implemented process improvements such as transitioning her former firm to an end-to-end first-in-first-out billing model, which was later adopted after a merger that grew the firm from 250 to 600 attorneys. She trained over a thousand staff members on billing software during that transition. She earned an associate's degree from Malind Community College after returning to school full-time as a single mother. Outside of her professional role, Silvers served as a councilwoman for almost seven years. She attributes her success to never stopping learning and an emphasis on efficiency, drawing inspiration from advice given by her first boss and her mother. Silvers values treating team members as adults without micromanaging, an approach that former employees have described as creating the best work environment they have experienced.