Practice Areas: Civil Litigation, Personal Injury, Alternative Dispute Resolution view more
Licensed in Minnesota since: 1976
Education: William Mitchell College of Law
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Allan F. Shapiro is a respected Minnesota attorney with extensive experience in personal injury law. From his Minneapolis law firm, Finn Shapiro LLC, he represents plaintiffs and select defendants in a wide variety of personal injury and wrongful death claims, including those involving trucking companies, motor vehicle accidents, product liability, premises liability and medical negligence. He is also highly experienced with the Minnesota No-Fault Act.
Mr. Shapiro graduated from Cornell University and received his J.D. from the William Mitchell College of Law cum laude. He was named as a Leading Minnesota Lawyer by an independent rating organization and rated AV Preeminent* by Martindale-Hubbell. Mr. Shapiro was also selected to the Minnesota Supreme Court’s roster of neutral arbitrators and mediators, and to the panel of Creative Dispute Resolution and U.S. Arbitration and Mediation.
Mr. Shapiro has also served as an instructor of the Mediation training course of US Arbitration & Mediation held at St. Olaf College for more than five years. In addition, he has spoken at several continuing education seminars and held the role of adjunct professor at the William Mitchell College of Law. He also works hard to give back to his community through providing pro bono services for the Volunteer Lawyers Network and serving on various boards.
*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings fall into two categories — legal ability and general ethical standards.
Practice areas
Civil Litigation: Plaintiff, Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Personal Injury - General: Defense- 10% Civil Litigation: Plaintiff
- 70% Personal Injury - General: Plaintiff
- 10% Alternative Dispute Resolution
- 10% Personal Injury - General: Defense
First Admitted: 1976, Minnesota
Professional Webpage: https://www.finnshapiro.com/attorney/shapiro-allan-f/
- Served on the faculty of the US Arbitration & Mediation's certification classes for new Mediators at St. Olaf College., Lecturer, US Arbitration & Mediation
- Adjunct Professor, William Mitchell College of Law
- Minnesota Association for Justice MNAJ - Minnesota Association for Justice
- ABOTA - Fellow of the American Board of Trial Advocacy Minnesota Association for Justice MNAJ - Minnesota Association for Justice , 2017
- Cornell University, Ithaca, NY - B.S.
- Cum Laude, William Mitchell College of Law, 1976
- Named as "Leading Minnesota Lawyer" - Independent Rating Organization.
- Awarded 2008 Attorney of the Year for work on Chase v. BNSF, Attorney of the Year, Minnesota Lawyer, 2008
- AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubbell, Martindale-Hubbell
- Volunteers Lawyer Network, 2000
- $1.75 million settlement in a trucking accident wrongful death case. , 2010
- $2.1 million medical malpractice verdict against the Mayo Clinic involving neurosurgical malpractice that rendered a woman a triplegic.
- $1,075,000 settlement for the wrongful death and injury claim of a husband and family of a woman passenger in a car struck by a young man on methamphetamine.
- $24 million verdict for four families who lost children in a car/railroad accident in Anoka, MN. , 2008
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- Super Lawyers: 2003 - 2024