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Saul Shapiro

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. · Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP

United StatesComplex Commercial Litigation, Media and Entertainment

About

Saul Shapiro is a Partner and Chair of Patterson Belknap's Media and Entertainment Practice Team. His practice focuses on complex commercial litigation and intellectual property disputes, and he has extensive experience in trials, arbitrations, appeals, and internal investigations.

Practice areas

Complex Commercial LitigationMedia and EntertainmentIntellectual Property LitigationWhite Collar Defense and InvestigationsAdvertising LitigationSecurities Enforcement and LitigationAppellate PracticeClass Action LitigationTrade Secrets LitigationTrademark LitigationCopyright LitigationState Attorneys General

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Expertise

Complex Commercial LitigationIntellectual Property LitigationMedia and EntertainmentAppellate AdvocacyInternal InvestigationsTrial PracticeArbitration

Education

  • J.D., Yale Law School
  • A.B., magna cum laude, Brown University

Admissions

  • 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