Jay B Shapiro

Practice Areas

Jay has a national litigation practice, regularly arguing cases before trial and appellate courts across the country. Jay represents public and private companies in a wide variety of complex commercial litigation matters, including antitrust litigation, securities litigation, intellectual property litigation, pharmaceutical litigation, defamation and libel law, deceptive and unfair trade practices, directors’ and officers’ liability, insurance coverage litigation, civil theft, and federal and state civil RICO actions. He also has extensive experience defending and prosecuting class actions..

Career

Jay Shapiro is a Shareholder and member of firm’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee. From 1998 to 2004, Jay served as the firm’s Managing Director. He is based out of Miami, Florida.

Jay was a Law Clerk for the Honorable Sidney M. Aronovitz of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, a

Judicial Intern for the Honorable C. Clyde Atkins of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, and a Judicial Intern for the Honorable David M. Gersten of the Florida Circuit Court (later Chief Judge of Florida’s Third District Court of Appeal).

Professional Memberships

Florida Bar; U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Courts of Appeal (6th, 8th, 9th, 11th, Federal, District of Columbia Circuits); U.S. District Courts (Southern, Middle, Northern Districts of Florida).