Attorneys

Our attorneys understand that creative approaches often can resolve seemingly intractable lawsuits, and can create successful outcomes for our clients where more traditional approaches would not be effective. As a result, we have been at the forefront of successfully settling cases other firms would not touch, and succeeding in cases where other law firms have failed. For example, Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP is one of the few law firms to have successfully settled actions on behalf of employees working as auto damage adjusters for various insurance companies across the country, and is one of only a handful of firms that has not been beaten by tobacco companies on procedural or other grounds during the course of the decades-long litigation arising from the fraudulent marketing of so-called "light" cigarettes. Our attorneys also have obtained settlements worth tens of millions of dollars in the securities field in areas, such as back-dated stock options and health care fraud, where other firms have failed to achieve success.

We are proud to announce that, for 2011, four partners from Shapiro Haber & Urmy LLP were named Massachusetts Super Lawyers by New England Super Lawyers magazine. Edward F. Haber was also named in the 2011 Super Lawyers Business Edition magazine, and Michelle H. Blauner was recognized on the list of Top 50 Women Massachusetts Super Lawyers. In addition, one partner and two associates were 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: