Born Plainfield, New Jersey, September 2, 1942; admitted to bar, 1969, California, U.S. District Court, Central, Southern and Northern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

EDUCATION

• B.S. in Finance - UCLA, 1965
• J.D. - Loyola (Los Angeles), 1968

MEMBERSHIPS:

• California Bar - 1969
• U.S. District Court:
• Central District of California
• Northern District of California
• Southern District of California
• Ninth Circuit Court of Appeal
• American Bar Association
• Los Angeles County Bar Association
• Century City Bar Association
• California Trial Lawyers' Association
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice
• Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, Founder

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Deputy District Attorney's Office, Los Angeles - 1969 - 1972
• Sole Practice, Los Angeles - 1972 through April, 1987
• Bushkin, Gaims, Gaines & Jonas, Of Counsel, Los Angeles - May 1987 - May 1988
• Robert L. Shapiro, A Professional Corporation, Los Angeles - 1988 - Present
• Of Counsel, Christensen, White, Miller, Fink & Jacobs - 1988 - October 1995
• Partner, Christensen, Miller, Fink, Jacobs, Glaser, Weil & Shapiro, October 1995

AWARDS

• Winner, Moot Court Competition, 1968; Chief Justice of Moot Court, 1969
• American Jurisprudence Award, 1969
• Criminal Defense Attorney of the Year, Century City Bar Association, June 1993
• Best Lawyers in America, 1993-1997
• Winner, Bruce K. Gould Award, Touro Law Center, Huntington, New York, March 1977

MAJOR CLIENTS

Successfully represented F. Lee Bailey in San Francisco. Also has successfully represented Johnny Carson and rod Stewart, and numerous other celebrities and public figures including O.J. Simpson, Robert Evans, Jose Canseco, Vince Coleman, Darryl Strawberry and Lyle Alzado.

Represented corporate clients such as Mobil Oil, Northrop, and Lawrence Engineering in cases involving alleged criminal negligence; corporate counsel to John Paul Mitchell Systems, Inc.

Lead counsel in United States of America v. Samango (607 Fed.2d 877), leading 9th Circuit case on Grand Juries. Major cases include People v. Christian Brando and People v. O.J. Simpson.

BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS

• The Search for Justice, A Defense Attorney's Brief on the O.J. Simpson Case, with Larkin Warren, Warner Books, 1996.
• Using the Media to Your Advantage, The Champion (Journal of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers), January/February 1993.
• When the Press Calls: A Lawyer's View, California Litigation (Journal of the Litigation Section, State Bar of California, Vol. 5, No. 1, Fall 1991 -and reprinted in Vol. 10, Number 1, Fall 1996 The Best of Cal Lit).
• For the Defense, Loyola Law Review, Vol. 10, No. 1, November 1996.
• On Second Thought, California Lawyer Magazine, Vol. 17, No. 2, February 1997.

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