M. David Shapiro Shines as a Luminary in the Legal Field

    SARASOTA, FL, January 19, 2015 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Shapiro, Goldman, Babboni & Walsh Attorney M. David Shapiro has been recognized for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in legal services.

Mr. Shapiro has spent 20 years as an attorney with Shapiro, Goldman, Babboni & Walsh, where he has made the most of his 30 years of experience in the legal sector. His areas of expertise include personal injury and wrongful death, and he is responsible for representing clients in personal injury and auto accidents, and helping plaintiffs receive compensation for their losses, including loss of earnings capacity due to an inability to work, pain and suffering, reasonable medical expenses (both present and expected), emotional distress, loss of consortium or companionship, legal costs and attorney fees. Mr. Shapiro has successfully litigated civil rights cases involving access to courts to the United States Supreme Court. Shapiro, Goldman, Babboni & Walsh provides legal advice on auto accidents including car, truck, motorcycle, pedestrian and drunk driving victims, as well direction on personal injuries involving brain, spinal, dog bites, workplace, and slip and fall accidents.

Mr. Shapiro has served as a guest lecturer for several civic organizations in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death and nursing home negligence. He has also authored numerous articles in The Sarasota Herald Tribune, The Bradenton Herald, The Englewood Sun Herald and The Suncoast Health Magazine. Annually he attends specialized programs on the handling of personal injury cases and trial practice. He has also been a candidate for political office, and was narrowly defeated in 2006 in his bid for election to the Florida House of Representatives.

Upon reflecting on a rewarding career, Mr. Shapiro has come to attribute his success to hard work and a desire to help people. Having earned a degree in journalism, he worked for a local paper where he met an attorney that inspired him to pursue law. Early in his career, he championed the First Amendment defended the victims of caretaker carelessness.

Mr. Shapiro received a JD from the Florida State University College of Law, and graduated with Honors; he also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism from the College of Journalism at the University of Florida. He is Board Certified through the Florida Bar, and he was admitted to practice in all of the Florida State Courts, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and the United States Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit. Mr. Shapiro was recently inducted into Worldwide Registry and also maintains affiliation with the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the American Association of Justice. Mr. Shapiro is an Eagle Member of The Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, and a member of the Florida Justice Association, The American Bar Association, The Sarasota Bar Association and the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He was inducted into Tampa Bay's Top Lawyers and named an AV-Rated Civil Trial Lawyer, as well. Mr. Shapiro is the treasurer for Children First and a Trustee Member of the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce; he is also on the Board of Directors of the Sarasota Film Festival.

For more information about Shapiro, Goldman, Babboni & Walsh, visit http://www.getmejustice.com.

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