Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

111 Best Lawyers awards

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Awarded Practice Areas

Bet-the-Company Litigation Commercial Litigation Criminal Defense: White-Collar

Biography

Howard Shapiro is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers. He has more than 35 years of courtroom experience as a trial lawyer in civil and criminal matters, and has been repeatedly recognized as one of the nation’s leading litigators in high-stakes cases, ranging from bet-the-company contractual disputes to mass torts to white-collar litigation.
Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

111 Best Lawyers awards

Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP logo

Overview

  • Yale University, J.D., graduated 1985
  • Williams College, B.A., graduated 1982

  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
  • New York, New York State Bar Association

  • United States District Court
  • District of Columbia, The District of Columbia Bar
  • New York, New York State Bar Association
  • Yale University, J.D., graduated 1985
  • Williams College, B.A., graduated 1982
  • United States District Court

Client Testimonials

Awards & Focus

Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2026 for work in:
  • Bet-the-Company Litigation
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Criminal Defense: White-Collar
Special Focus:
  • Accounting
  • Breach of Contract
  • Business Disputes
  • Civil Litigation
  • Complex Litigation
  • Federal
  • Fraud
  • Government Investigations
  • Internal Investigations
  • SEC Enforcement
  • Securities
  • Securities Fraud
  • White-Collar Criminal Defense

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