Andrew H. Schapiro

Andy Schapiro is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer whose practice includes class actions, intellectual property, securities and white-collar criminal litigation, product liability, punitive damages, and Supreme Court and appellate litigation. He has first-chaired 14 federal jury trials, and has argued appeals in the US Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Fifth, and Tenth Circuits, as well as various state courts.

Andy's recent trial victory on behalf of a New York Stock Exchange specialist broker accused of securities fraud garnered favorable coverage in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Los Angeles Times. He also co- authored the brief that persuaded the Second Circuit to throw out investment banker Frank Quattrone's obstruction of justice conviction. Andy has significant experience briefing cases in the United States Supreme Court, including having served as co-counsel for Philip Morris in its recent Supreme Court victory in Philip Morris v. Williams, a case establishing new limits on punitive damages.

His clients include U-Haul International, Google Inc., Altria Group, Inc., the Las Vegas Sands Corp., Schwarz Pharma, Inc., and Pepsi Bottling Group. Andy is a graduate of Harvard Law School, where he served as articles co-chair of the Harvard Law Review, and was the recipient of the Sears Prize. He clerked for Judge Richard Posner of the US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and for Justice Harry Blackmun on the US Supreme Court.