Contact
Peter T. Shapiro
Partner
New York
77 Water Street
Suite 2100
New York, New York 10005
Phone: 212.232.1322
Fax: 212.232.1399
Email: [email protected]
Newark
One Riverfront Plaza
Suite 1530
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Phone: 973.577.6260
Fax: 973.577.6261
Email: [email protected]
Peter Shapiro’s practice is concentrated in employment and professional liability law, commercial litigation and appeals in New York and New Jersey. Mr. Shapiro has more than 30 years of litigation experience, with emphasis on the defense of employment discrimination, non-compete, wage and hour, civil rights, trade secrets, legal malpractice, defamation, commercial, directors and officers and miscellaneous professional liability matters. He also counsels clients regarding employment law compliance issues.
Mr. Shapiro is Northeast Regional Vice Chair of the firm's Employment & Labor Practice. Mr. Shapiro was previously Co-Chair of the EEO Committee and a member of the Executive Committee of the Labor and Employment Section of the New York State Bar Association, and he remains an active member of the Section.
Mr. Shapiro has handled numerous trials, arbitrations and appeals. He has successfully mediated a myriad of employment and other disputes, and remains devoted to achieving creative and cost-effective solutions in appropriate cases and aggressively litigating defensible cases. In addition, Mr. Shapiro has extensive experience defending attorneys, debt collectors, creditors, real estate and insurance agents and brokers, real property managers, appraisers and inspectors, third-party administrators, social services agencies and financial institutions in a wide range of litigations, including consumer lawsuits alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the New York General Business Law, the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act and other statutory and common law claims. His appellate practice includes the defense of claims brought by injured construction workers pursuant to the New York Labor Law.