SHAPIRO AND ASSOCIATES and its predecessors have been providing quality legal services in the areas of federal workers compensation claims for U.S. Postal Service and other federal employees, serious personal injury, wrongful death, medical malpractice, insurance coverage opinions and declaratory judgment since 1977. Located in the heart of Boston's legal/business/financial district, Shapiro & Associates has been accorded the highest rating by Martindale-Hubbell for standard of ability and ethical standard assessment. Shapiro & Associates is also listed in Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers.

SHAPIRO AND ASSOCIATES federal employee practice attorneys have, for many years represented the membership of several local branches of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) and other injured federal employees under the Federal Employees Compensation Act (FECA) before the Office of Workers Compensation Programs (OWCP) of the United States Department of Labor handling such matters as Schedule Awards, third party claims and other federal worker compensation matters. Representation has included the full realm of federal worker compensation matters including traumatic injury, occupational disease, recurrences and other miscellaneous matters.

SHAPIRO AND ASSOCIATES serious and catastrophic personal injury practice has represented workers and others injured in a wide range of circumstances including fires, explosions, falls, building collapses, vehicle to vehicle collisions and pedestrian to vehicle collisions.

SHAPIRO AND ASSOCIATES malpractice attorneys concentrate in the areas of medical malpractice, including 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, and legal malpractice, including the failure to properly research, prepare, present and advocate for the client.

SHAPIRO AND ASSOCIATES insurance coverage opinion practice has rendered opinions in relationship to a wide range of policies including CGL, professional liability, homeowners, motor vehicle and several less common policies such as garage keeper's, agripolicies policies and educator's liability in addition to the interpretation of a wide range of specialty endorsements.

SHAPIRO AND ASSOCIATES litigation practice concentrates in the areas of insurance subrogation, liability and business litigation. Case files are evenly divided between plaintiff and defense and concentrate in the areas of real estate, employment, general business litigation, declaratory judgment and bad faith actions.