Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

Litigation; Complex Commercial Actions; Media and Entertainment; Intellectual Property Litigation; White Collar Defense and Investigations; Advertising Litigation; Securities Enforcement & Litigation; Appellate; Class Action Litigation; Trade Secrets, Trademark and Copyright Litigation; State Attorneys General

Saul Shapiro is a Partner and Chair of Patterson Belknap's Media and Entertainment Practice Team. He is the immediate past Chair of the firm's Litigation department, which he headed for two terms. 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, as well as multiple arbitrations, 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.

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

Visiting Professor of the Practice of International and Public Affairs, Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs at Brown University; Board Member, Immigrant Justice Corps; Chair, Federal Bar Council Public Service Committee; Member (and past Chair), Advisory Board for Legal Outreach; Board Member, Build Up Justice; 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. Yale Law School; A.B., magna cum laude, Brown University