Background
Shapiro, Jonathan was born on January 17, 1940 in Brooklyn. Son of Irwin David and Ida (Smith) Shapiro.
Shapiro, Jonathan was born on January 17, 1940 in Brooklyn. Son of Irwin David and Ida (Smith) Shapiro.
Columbia College (Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, 1961). Harvard University (Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1964).
Worked at Stern, Shapiro, Weissberg & Garin (Boston, MA) specializing in Criminal and Civil Litigation, Civil Rights, Medical Malpractice, Products Liability, Childhood Lead Poisoning. Admitted to the bar, 1965, New York. 1973, Massachusetts; United States.
Supreme Court; United States. Court of Appeals, First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Circuits. Lecturer: Northeastern University School of Law, 1977-1994.
Harvard Law School, 1987. Assistant Chief Counsel, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Jackson, Mississippi, 1966-1968. Assistant Counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, New York, 1968-1973.
Director, Northeastern University Law School Prisoner's Assistance Project, 1978-1994. Member: Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations. National Lawyers Guild.
Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
Member National Lawyers Guild, Massachusetts Bar Association, Massachusetts Association Criminal Defense Lawyers, Boston Bar Association.
Married Barbara Ann Milman, August 9, 1964 (divorced September 1976). Children: Lara Ruth, Paul Daniel. Married Ann Phillippi Ryan, September 28, 1997.