Jacob Shapiro

Jacob Shapiro is a trial attorney and litigation specialist for the Blackman Legal Group. Since he began practicing in 1996, Mr. Shapiro has successfully handled thousands of personal injury and wrongful death cases in California, including many cases involving spinal injuries, back injuries, head injuries, and brain injuries. Mr. Shapiro has an extremely high success rate in court, winning over 95% of his cases and motions.

Mr. Shapiro finished first in his class in both tort law and business organization and received the highest individual award in the university's extremely competitive Moot Court competition.  The award indicating exemplary oral advocacy skills was bestowed upon Mr. Shapiro by former California Supreme Court Justice, the honorable Edward A. Panelli. As an undergraduate, Mr. Shapiro studied as a Kraft Scholar, UC Regents Scholar, and UC Alumni Scholar.  He further distinguished himself in law school as a recipient of the American Jurisprudence Award in both Torts and Business Organizations.

Mr. Shapiro devotes 100% of his practice to litigation, primarily in the area of personal injury law.

Education:

J.D., summa cum laude, University of Santa Clara (1996)
B.S., with high honors, University of California at Berkeley (1992)

Admissions:

State Courts of California (1996)
U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (1997)

Professional Associations/Memberships:

State Bar of California
Consumer Attorneys of California