Marvin N. Shapiro
Marvin N. Shapiro
In 1958, Mr. Shapiro graduated from UC Berkeley, and in 1961 he received his JD from Boalt Hall School of Law. Mr. Shapiro is a member of both the California and Los Angeles Bar Associations. He is a past president of both the California Applicants' Attorneys Association and the Southern California Applicants' Attorneys Association.
Mr. Shapiro is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral sciences at USC Medical School, and an instructor at USC School of Law. Mr. Shapiro was a member of the Board of Legal Specialization (Workers' Compensation), and a past member of the Workers' Compensation Chairman's Advisory Commission. Mr. Shapiro was a CEB lecturer, and is a Certified Specialist in Workers' Compensation by the State Bar of California. Mr. Shapiro has been a contributing author to California Torts and is a member of the Board of the workplace injury Litigation Group of ATLA. He was the recipient of the CAAA Eugene Marias Lifetime Achievement Award for 1995 and the Lifetime Achievement Award State Bar, Workers' Compensation Section. He was named one of the top 100 attorneys in Southern California for 2006. He has also been a southern California Super Lawyer and Best Lawyer in America for the past 10 years. In 2007 he was inducted as a Fellow of The College of Workers' Compensation Lawyers.
Areas of Practice
- 100% Workers Compensation Law
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Certified Legal Specialties
- Workers Compensation, State Bar of California
Bar Admissions
- California, 1962
- U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1962
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of California, 1962
- U.S. District Court Northern District of California, 1962
- U.S. District Court Southern District of California, 1962
- U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1962
Education
- University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California
- LL.B.
- Honors: Moot Court Board
- University of California at Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, Berkeley, California
- J.D.
- Honors: Moot Court Board
- University of California, Berkeley, California
- B.A. - 1958
- Major: Speech
- University of California, Berkeley, California
- A.B. - 1958
- Major: Speech
Published Works
- California Torts
Classes/Seminars
- USC Law School, 1979 - 2000
- USC Medical School, 1985 - 2008
Honors and Awards
- Lifetime Achievement Award California Bar Association Workers Compensation
- Top 100 Attorneys in Southern California, 2006
- College of Workers' Compensation, 2007
- Southern California Super Lawyers, 2002 - Present
- Best Lawyers in Southern California - Workers' Compensation, 2002, 2012
Professional Associations and Memberships
- California Applicants' Attorneys Association, 1975 - 2008
- LA County Bar Association, 1962 - 2008
Past Employment Positions
- State Compensation Insurance Fund, Attorney, 1942 - 1963
Fraternities/Sororities
- Pi Lambda Phi
