Background

SHAPIRO AND ASSOCIATES’ Professional Malpractice concentrates in the area of accounting malpractice, medical malpractice, legal malpractice and investment advising malpractice. Accounting malpractice includes auditing, business valuation, estate planning, tax returns and asset valuation. Medical malpractice includes improper medication, failure to timely diagnose, improper surgery, failure to perform diagnostic tests and failure to review medical records in the hospital, office and nursing home settings. Legal malpractice includes the failure to properly research, prepare, present and advocate for the client. Investment advising malpractice includes "churning", improper risk evaluation and account neglect. Over the years, verdicts, settlements and recoveries have been achieved for clients in a variety of settings including trial, settlement, arbitration, mediation, agency award and others. Awards have been rendered by juries, judges and hearing officers. Cases have been presented under a number of different statutory and regulatory schemes including those covered by state law, the United States Code, the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act, the Federal Tort Claims Act, the Federal Employees Compensation Act and many more.

Expertise

Inasmuch as Professional Malpractice cases require significant expertise and also require experienced trial counsel, SHAPIRO & ASSOCIATES’ Professional Malpractice is personally directed by Daniel B. Shapiro. With twenty-six years of courtroom experience, Dan Shapiro has acquired a breadth and depth of knowledge that has allowed him and his staff to obtain outstanding results for those who have suffered losses through the errors, mistakes and inadvertence of Professional Malpractice. A frequent lecturer on liability litigation and related matters, Dan Shapiro has conducted dozens of trials before state courts, federal courts and administrative agencies. The experienced Professional Malpractice staff of SHAPIRO & ASSOCIATES is able to provide the client with timely and accurate information and assistance while legal case preparation proceeds under the personal direction and involvement of Dan Shapiro.

Resources

SHAPIRO AND ASSOCIATES’ Professional Malpractice utilizes advanced technology to research, prepare and present the most complex professional malpractice cases into a format that is persuasive and compelling to jurors, judges, hearing officers, arbitrators and mediators. The innovative and creative use of software with visual media and demonstrative evidence has consistently yielded outstanding results in Professional Malpractice cases.

Additionally, SHAPIRO & ASSOCIATES has longstanding working relationships with nationally recognized consultants who provide the specialized expertise generally required in Professional Malpractice cases. These expert consultants have all published authoritative material in their individual fields, have several advanced degrees and are oftentimes affiliated with Massachusetts’ leading professional and educational institutions such as Harvard University, M.I.T., Massachusetts General Hospital, Tufts University and others.

Rates and Fees

All Professional Malpractice cases are handled on a contingent fee basis which means that the client will pay a percentage of the total amount collected, with no retainer required. It is called a "contingent" fee because if there is no recovery, there is no attorney fee due from the client. There are a number of advantages to this type of fee arrangement, the most obvious of which is the absence of a risk of owing the attorney a fee when there is no recovery. This type of fee arrangement gives additional security to the client as SHAPIRO & ASSOCIATES has clearly indicated its confidence in the validity of the case by going forward with no retainer. A contingent fee arrangement also eliminates any worry the client may have about incurring the day to day expenses involved in researching and preparing a Professional Malpractice case. Contingent fees have been in use in the American civil justice system for more than 100 years. It is an equalizing factor of the greatest efficacy as it allows the pursuit of a meritorious claim regardless of financial means. SHAPIRO & ASSOCIATES endorses and encourages the use of the contingent under the concept of equal justice for all.