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Lawrence H. Shapiro is Member of the Firm's Commercial Litigation department. He received his B.S. from the Pennsylvania State University and J.D. from the Dickinson School of Law. Mr. Shapiro has a diverse area of practice, concentrating in litigation involving commercial and business related matters, condemnation, tax appeals, construction litigation, and other non-personal injury disputes. Mr. Shapiro also engages in Municipal Law, as the previous or current counsel to municipalities, a Fire Board, a Historic Preservation Committee and condominium associations.

Mr. Shapiro publishes a monthly column for the Monitor Newspaper of Monmouth County entitled "Larry's Law" to be viewed at: http://editions.us.com/monitor_navesink_may10/.

Current Employment Positions:
Partner

Areas Of Practice:
Commercial and Business Litigation
Condemnation
Real Estate Tax Appeals
Corporations
Contract
Bankruptcy
Patent, Trademark & Copyright
Municipal Land Use
Tax Appeals
Non-Personal Injury Disputes
Condominium Law

Litigation Percentage:
80% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions:
New Jersey, 1994
Pennsylvania, 1994
New York, 1995
U.S. District Court District of New Jersey
U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania
U.S. District, Southern District of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals 3d Circuit, 1998

Education:
The Dickinson School of Law, Carlisle, PA
J.D.

Honors:
Corpus Juris Society

Law Journal:
The Environmental Law Journal
Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania B.S.

Major:
Management; Emphasis on English

Representative Cases:
Friends of Ahi Ezer Congregation, Inc. v. City of Long Branch, 16 N.J.Tax 591 (Tax Ct. of N.J. 1997)

Representative Clients:
Raceway Petroleum, Inc.
Work Out World, Inc.
Vornado Realty
The Donato Group
The Cohen Companies
National Resource Directories, Inc.
Americorp Securities
Fiore Paving Company
Argonaut, Inc., Construction Services
K. Hovnanian Companies
Hampton Forge, Ltd.
City of Long Branch
City of Asbury Park
County of Gloucester, Upper Township
The Borough of Harvey Cedars

Honors and Awards:
National Trial Team Member, 1993 - 1994

Professional Associations and Memberships:
Volunteer Center of Monmouth County, 1998 - 2009
Board of Directors, President 2007-2008
SCORE, Senior Corps of Retired Executives, 1998 - Present
ACE Member
Executive Board Member, Congregation Torat El
District Ethics Committee of the NJ Supreme Court

Past Employment Positions:
The Honorable Ira E. Kreizman, J.S.C., Law Clerk, 1994 - 1995

Fraternities/Sororities:
Kappa Delta Rho
Delta Theta Phi

Birth Information:
1968, Neptune, New Jersey, United States of America