Shaw, Marla K

Mr. Shapiro is a partner in the Commercial Litigation Department. He has more than 30 years experience as a litigator and represents clients in connection with fraud related litigation and investigations, including corporate internal investigations, criminal and regulatory enforcement and insurance fraud. Additionally, he represents clients in resolving their trademark and copyright matters.

He began his legal career in the Bronx County District Attorney's Office as a prosecutor for eight years and later spent 12 years with the King's County District Attorney's Office, becoming the Deputy District Attorney in charge of the Rackets Division before going into private practice. Mr. Shapiro has tried more than 35 cases in state and federal court. He has been recognized for his anti-counterfeiting efforts by the Recording Industry Association of America, the Motion Picture Association of America and the New York City Police Department, and has spoken on trademark counterfeiting issues to the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition and federal agencies.

Mr. Shapiro was the First Recipient of the New York State Insurance Department's Bureau of Fraud Investigation Director's Award. He has written and co-authored numerous publications.  He has written and co-authored numerous publications including: Co-Author, with Prof. Lewis R. Katz, New York Suppression Manual (Matthew Bender, 1990); Revision Author, Criminal Law Deskbook (Matthew Bender); Contributing Editor: Criminal Law Advocacy Reporter (Matthew Bender); Bender's New York Evidence, CPLR (Matthew Bender); Draft Co-Author, Moore's Federal Practice, 3d Ed., Summary Judgment (Matthew Bender); Author, "Terrorism, the Constitution, and the Courts," New York Law School Journal of Human Rights, Volume 18 (Spring 2002). A frequent lecturer, Mr. Shapiro was an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School (1989 to 2004) and served as a Faculty Member of the New York Prosecutors Training Institute, the New York City Police Department’s Criminal Investigators’ Course and the New York City Fire Marshal’s Training Program. He is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Criminal Justice Section of the New York State Bar Association.

Mr. Shapiro is admitted to practice in New York, the U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. He received his A.B. from Middlebury College in 1977 and earned his J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in 1980.