Roy Silva served as a discovery referee in the celebrated Barbie-Bratz litigation; over a three year period, prepared more than 100 Discovery Master orders addressing virtually every type of discovery dispute and assisted the Court in multiple evidentiary hearings, in camera document reviews and trial-related tasks, including preparing a draft of the Court's Order awarding nearly $200 million in attorneys' fees to the prevailing party.

Roy was appointed as Special Master to assist the Court in patent claim construction proceedings and resolving cross motions for summary judgement by and against one of the world’s leading memory chip manufacturers. He obtained judgment for mortgage lenders at the pleading or summary judgment stage in various cases filed by borrowers in State and Federal Court alleging wrongful foreclosure. Successfully defended those judgments on appeal.

Roy successfully defended wage and hour class actions involving multiple California skilled nursing facilities as well as clients in the trucking and transportation industry. He won summary judgment on behalf of employers in various single-plaintiff cases alleging age, race, and sex discrimination, wrongful termination, and other employment-based claims.

Roy obtained a unanimous ruling by Court of Appeal dismissing a taxpayer lawsuit that challenged the validity of a $102 million settlement paid by a California County. San Bernardino County v. Superior Court (2015) 239 Cal.App.4th 639. The ruling was the first published decision to address key issues of California law involving taxpayers' ability to challenge contracts by cities and counties.

Roy successfully defended wrongful termination and defamation claims by executives in various industries and obtained awards of attorneys' fees for the employers. He obtained reversal by the Court of Appeal of summary judgment ruling by trial court interpreting attorney-client retainer agreement and then successfully defended claim on remand. Cannon & Nelms v. St. Andrews Development Corporation (2016) 2016 WL 6944762.