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Chicago
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Stephen M. Shapiro, Partner Steve Shapiro served for five years in the Solicitor General's Office, first as an Assistant to the Solicitor General and then as Deputy Solicitor General during the Reagan administration. In this capacity his jurisdiction included most of the government's business cases, including banking, antitrust, securities, and regulated industries appeals. Steve has briefed hundreds of cases and argued 24 cases before the United States Supreme Court, and has argued many appeals in other state and federal courts across the country. He will argue his 25th Supreme Court case - the landmark securities and antirust case, Credit Suisse v. Billing - in March 2007. He is co-author of Supreme Court Practice (8th ed. 2002), as well as numerous law review articles on the Supreme Court and a variety of substantive law issues. Steve is a graduate of Yale College and Yale Law School, where he served on the Board of Editors of the Yale Law Journal. Following graduation from law school, he clerked for Judge Charles Merrill of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He is a life member of the American Law Institute and the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Steve is a director of the Institute of Judicial Administration and served previously as a trustee of the Product Liability Advisory Foundation. Recent Supreme Court Cases
Ballard v. Commissionor of Internal Revenue (2004) Admissions and Certifications
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