1515 Market Street, Suite 700
Philadelphia, PA 19102-1907
215-568-1155
215-568-9319(Fax)
mshapiro@bazless.com

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Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation
Civil Rights
Eminent Domain Law
Construction Law

Bar Admissions
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
U.S. District Court,
District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court,
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. Court of Appeals 3rd Circuit

Education
University of Pennsylvania
Law School
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
2001, J.D.

Indiana University
Indianapolis, IN,
1998,B.A., Highest Distinction








Michael A. Shapiro
Associate

Michael A. Shapiro joined Bazelon Less & Feldman as an associate in 2001. His practice focuses on commercial and civil litigation. Mr. Shapiro has represented clients in a variety of matters in state and federal courts, at both the trial and appellate levels.

While in law school, Mr. Shapiro worked as an intern for the Honorable David F. Hamilton of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana, as a summer associate at Choate Hall & Stewart, and as an advocate at the Guild Food Stamp Clinic.

Mr. Shapiro received his B.A. in Economics, highest distinction, from Indiana University in 1998. Mr. Shapiro received his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2001.

Mr. Shapiro is a member of the Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and American Bar Associations.

Representative Engagements

Recently obtained a precedential ruling by Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas allowing a property owner and a lessee to seek damages for taking of their property rights during unlawful condemnation proceedings against their property.

Obtained an arbitration award in favor of a major collection agency in a dispute with its excess liability carrier over denial of a claim, and successfully defended the award on appeal.

Successfully defended a motion for preliminary injunction filed against a major insurance company in the assignment for the benefit of creditors proceedings in Ohio.