Background
Shapiro, Thomas Guy was born on August 10, 1943 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Son of Herbert and Miriam (Wolfson) Shapiro.
Shapiro, Thomas Guy was born on August 10, 1943 in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Son of Herbert and Miriam (Wolfson) Shapiro.
Bachelor magna cum laude, Harvard University, 1965; Juris Doctor cum laude, Harvard University, 1969.
Worked at Shapiro Haber & Urmy Limited Liability Partnership (Boston, Master of Arts) specializing in Litigation Practice, including Business, Securities, Employment, Personal Injury, Environmental, Criminal Defense, and Probate Litigation in State and Federal Courts. Administrative Law.
Admitted to the bar, 1969, Massachusetts. 1970, United States. District Court, District of Massachusetts.
1971, United States.
Court of Appeals, First Circuit. 1977, United States. Supreme Court. Company-author: "Securities Litigation in the Aftermath of In Re Data Access Securities Litigation," 24 New England Law Review 537, 1990.
Member: Boston and Massachusetts (Chair, Federal Practice Committee, 1993-1995) Bar Associations.
National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Shapiro Haber & Urmy is a general litigation firm providing legal services to individuals and companies in a broad range of areas, including securities, shareholder litigation, environmental, employment, personal injury, civil rights, general business litigation and criminal defense. The firm"s efforts are generally concentrated in complex litigation, including class actions, and the extension and development of the law.
Partners in the firm have frequently been called upon to lecture and publish in their areas of concentration.
Member Association Trial Lawyers American, National Association Criminal Defense Lawyers, National Association Securities and Commercial Law Attorneys, Massachusetts Academy Trial Attorneys, Massachusetts Bar Association (chairman federal practice committee since 1992), Boston Bar Association.