Background
Shapiro, Robert W. was born on February 11, 1953 in New York, New York, United States.
Shapiro, Robert W. was born on February 11, 1953 in New York, New York, United States.
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy from Harvard University, a Master of Science from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and an Bachelor of Arts from the University of Chicago. He also has been a Fellow of the National Bureau of Economic Research, the Brookings Institution, and Harvard University.
Worked at Shapiro, Mittelman & Buchman, Limited Liability Partnership (Walnut Creek, California) specializing in General Civil and Trial Practice. Professional Liability Defense, Business, Corporate Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities Law, Municipal Bond Financing, Insurance Defense, Real Estate, Environmental, Franchise, Estate Planning, Family Law, Probate Law, Trusts and Estate Planning, Insurance Coverage and Aviation. Admitted to the bar, 1978, California.
1985, New New York
United States. District Court, Northern District of California. United States. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Author: "The Comden Decision Brought Into Focus," Alameda County Bar Association Bulletin, Volume 9, Number. 10, June, 1979. Judge, Pro Tem of the Oakland-Piedmont Municipal Court, 1983.
Member: Contra Costa County, Alameda County, New York State and American Bar Associations.
State Bar of California (Member: Real Property Section. Section on Business and Taxation). Shapiro, Mittelman & Buchman is a full service law firm.
Our practice is focused throughout the nine Bay Area counties.
Our firm has distinguished itself with a genuine and lasting commitment to client service. We attend to the individual needs of our clients and believe they should be informed, involved and active participants in the decisions and management of their legal matters.
He is also the co-chairman of the American Task Force Argentina, a group formed in November 2006 to encourage the Argentine government to repay more than $20 billion in delinquent sovereign debt, a member of the advisory board of the biotech firm Gilead Sciences, a director of the Ax:son-Johnson Foundation, a senior adviser to the public affairs firm Gibraltar Associates, a fellow of the Georgetown University McDonough School of Business, and the Chairman of the Council for European Investment Security (CEIS).