Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Litigation

Saul Shapiro is Chair of the firm's Litigation Department, a group of more than 125 lawyers. He is also 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 he has been victorious in all four of the jury trials he has taken to verdict. Mr. Shapiro is an experienced appellate lawyer, and has conducted numerous internal investigations. He is a 1986 graduate of Yale Law School, where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal. After law school, he clerked for the Hon. Robert L. Carter in the Southern District of New York, before joining Patterson Belknap. Mr. Shapiro is consistently recognized as a leading practitioner in Chambers USA. Chambers has said of Mr. Shapiro, "[a] highly regarded player, the 'very responsive and creative' Saul Shapiro is admired for his 'depth of experience both in intellectual property issues and in litigation generally.' Clients found that 'he excels in internal investigations...as well as exercising good judgment so that disputes can be resolved as expeditiously and cost-effectively as possible.'" Clients also praise the "astute and highly talented” Mr. Shapiro for “his understanding of the pressures facing clients” and “his amazingly quick turnaround times.” Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC’s Benchmark: America's Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys lists Mr. Shapiro as a "Litigation Star" for New York. Clients quoted in Benchmark have said of Mr. Shapiro, “He is a highly intelligent, diligent and commercial-minded attorney who is enjoyable to work with.” Mr. Shapiro has also received Martindale-Hubbell’s highest "AV" rating, has been named by Super Lawyers in the area of general litigation, and is named among The Best Lawyers in America®.

Admitted in: U.S. Supreme Court; U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; Fourth Circuit; U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York; New York; District of Columbia

Chair, Federal Bar Council Public Service Committee; Member (and past Chair), Advisory Board for Legal Outreach; Board Member, Brooklyn Legal Services Corporation A; Member, New York State Bar Association (Committee on Media Law); Member, Attorney Advisory Group of the Second Circuit Judicial Council Committee on Civic Education & Public Engagement

J.D., 1986, Yale Law School; A.B., 1981, Brown University (magna cum laude)