Samuel M. Shafner

Background

Shafner, Samuel M. was born on October 13, 1953 in Norfolk, Virginia, United States.

Education

Columbia College (Bachelor of Arts, 1975). Boston University (Juris Doctor, 1978).

Career

Worked at Shafner, Gilleran & Mortensen, P.C. (Boston, MA) specializing in Corporate and Securities Law, Business and Commercial Litigation, Creditors' Rights, Securities Broker-Customer Arbitration, Mediation, Secured Lending, Licenses, Contracts and General Business Law, High Technology and Real Estate Law, and Employment Law. Admitted to the bar, 1979, New York, United States. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York.

1982, Massachusetts. Editor, Boston University Law Review, 1977-1978. Author: "Determining Damages in Securities Arbitrations," NASD Training Program for Securities Arbitrators," September 10, 1993.

"Small Equity Offerings: SBI, SCOR and Other Alternatives," Third Annual New England Securities Conference, June 4, 1993. "Structuring a New Company," The Reflector, December 1, 1992. "Raising Equity Financing," The Reflector, December 1, 1991.

"Securities Registration for Real Estate Developers," New England Real Estate Journal, March 25, 1986. Note, "Multiple Defendant Class Actions: The Relationship between Standing and Typicality," 58 Boston University Law Review 492, 1978. Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association.

Member, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association. The firm's practice consists of the subject areas listed above. Within these areas, the firm provides a level of service normally found only in much larger firms, at hourly rates significantly lower than its large-firm counterparts.

The firm is composed mainly of attorneys trained in large law firms, and regularly performs selected tasks for large publicly-held clients, as well as general representation for smaller concerns. The firm's business attorneys recently have represented issuers in public offerings, private placements, and complex, multinational merger and acquisition work, as well as split-ups of closely held businesses. Litigators regularly represent large banks in complex workouts and ch.

93A business fraud cases (a partner wrote the leading text on that statute), as well as securities and commercial litigation and appeals.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: "Determining Damages in Securities Arbitrations," NASD Training Program for Securities Arbitrators, September 10, 1993. "Small Equity Offerings: SBI, SCOR and Other Alternatives," Third Annual New England Securities Conference, June 4, 1993. "Structuring a New Company," The Reflector, December 1, 1992.
    
    "Raising Equity Financing," The Reflector, December 1, 1991. "Securities Registration for Real Estate Developers," New England Real Estate Journal, March 25, 1986. Note, "Multiple Defendant Class Actions: The Relationship between Standing and Typicality," 58 Boston University Law Review 492, 1978.

Membership

Member, Panel of Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association. Member, Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association.