Robert Silbering joined the Manhattan District Attorney's office in 1974 and left in 1997. While still considered a Manhattan Assistant District Attorney, he was assigned to the Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office in 1984, where he was the Chief Assistant. When the Special Prosecutor was appointed as a federal judge by President George H. W. Bush in 1991, Silbering was appointed by the five New York City District Attorneys to replace the Special Prosecutor. He left the office in 1997. Today Silbering is the Special Advisor to the CEO of T&M Protection Resources.