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Four Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP Partners Named 2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyers; Three Attorneys Named Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars

Four partners at Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP have been named 2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyers by New England Super Lawyers magazine. Edward F. Haber has also been named in the 2011 Super Lawyers Business Edition magazine, and Michelle H. Blauner has been recognized on the list of Top 50 Women Massachusetts Super Lawyers. In addition, one partner and two associates have been named 2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyer Rising Stars.

Super Lawyers is an annual publication that evaluates lawyers on indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and Super Lawyers represent no more than five percent of lawyers in the state. Super Lawyers Rising Stars are 40 years old or younger, or have been practicing law for 10 years or less, and represent no more than 2.5 percent of lawyers in the state.

The Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP partners named 2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyers, and the area of litigation in which they were named, are:

The Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP attorneys named 2011 Massachusetts Super Lawyers Rising Stars, and the area of litigation in which they were named, are:

 

Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP Named Pro Bono Firm of the Year

Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP was selected to receive the 2011 Pro Bono Law Firm Award from the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project (PAIR) for its work in representing asylum seekers.  PAIR is nationally recognized for its pro bono model of securing safety and freedom for individuals who have fled persecution, and promotes the rights of unjustly detained immigrants. 

PAIR wrote that "Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP stands as a model law firm in providing outstanding pro bono legal services. The firm has made a generous commitment of attorney time and resources in representing numerous PAIR asylum-seekers, who fled from persecution in Eritrea, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Guinea. Firm attorneys have handled complex asylum cases before the Asylum Office and the Immigration Court and have continued to help with family reunification after winning asylum for their clients. In one case, the firm attorney was so dedicated he called PAIR from the hospital, when he was undergoing emergency back surgery, to discuss strategies for his asylum client."

Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP was honored at the annual PAIR Gala on June 8, 2011.