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Saul B Shapiro

Saul B Shapiro

USA 2026

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Media & Entertainment: Litigation

New York

6 years ranked

About

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USA

Practice Areas

Saul Shapiro is Chair of Patterson Belknap’s Litigation department and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Media and Entertainment Practice Team. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, as well as intellectual property disputes. He has won the dismissal of numerous cases on pre-trial motions. He has also been lead counsel in seven trials, and has been victorious in all four of the jury trials he has taken to verdict. Mr. Shapiro is an experienced appellate lawyer, and has also conducted numerous internal investigations.

Career

Mr. Shapiro clerked for the Hon. Robert L. Carter in the Southern District of New York.

Professional Memberships

Chair, Federal Bar Council Public Service Committee; Board Member, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A; Member, Attorney Advisory Group of the Second Circuit Judicial Council Committee on Civic Education & Public Engagement

Personal

J.D., 1986, Yale Law School, served as Editor of the Yale Law Journal; A.B., magnum cum laude, 1981, Brown University

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Chambers Guide to the USA

Media & Entertainment: Litigation - New York

Band 4
Band 4

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Saul Shapiro is chair of Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP's media and entertainment team. He handles a broad range of disputes at the trial and appellate levels.

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