About Clifford Shapiro

Clifford H. Shapiro is a Partner and the Managing Partner since 1993 of Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP. He is a trial lawyer specializing in plaintiff's personal injury law and his specialty is negotiation, with active involvement in the settlement of many of the firm's cases.

Shapiro earned his Juris Doctor from John Marshall Law School in 1985 and his Bachelor of Arts with honors from the University of Buffalo in 1982. He is admitted to the New York State Bar.

With over 37 years of experience, Shapiro joined WRSMH in 1986 and has practiced exclusively in plaintiff's personal injury law throughout his career. His honors include Super Lawyers (2012-2014, 2020-2022) and Million Dollar Advocates Forum membership. His notable settlements include $5 million for a construction worker killed in a trench collapse and $3.85 million for a demolition worker struck by an HVAC unit.

Proven verdicts and settlements at Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP

These results are credited to Wingate, Russotti, Shapiro, Moses & Halperin, LLP. A result appears under an attorney's own name only when a published source names them as counsel on the case.

$10.7 millionVerdictTop 20 of 2008 · #16

A Queens County jury awarded $10.7 million to Candida Diego after finding that New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens failed to timely perform a CT scan on a woman who arrived with a skull fracture, allowing a brain herniation to progress until she lapsed into a coma.

Queens County Supreme Court, New York · 2008Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →
$4.25 millionVerdict

A teenager vacationing in Hawaii developed steroid-induced paralysis after her lupus was treated with high-dose IV pulse therapy; Philip Russotti obtained a $4.25 million retrial verdict after the original $6.15 million award was vacated on appeal.

Circuit Court, First Circuit, Honolulu, Hawaii · 2013Medical MalpracticeRead the full story →

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.

Practice areas

Education

University at Buffalo
Undergraduate

Bar admissions & credentials

State Bar of New York, admitted 1985
New York State Trial Lawyers Association
American Association for Justice
Million Dollar Advocates Forum
New York State Bar Association
American Bar Association

Awards & recognition

Super Lawyers (2012-2014, 2020-2022)

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$43.1 Million Verdict Against R.J. Reynolds for Brake Mechanic's Lung Cancer From Menthol and Asbestos
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$265 million · The Amtrak 188 Derailment and the $265 Million Fund for Its Victims
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$34 million · Jury Awards $34 Million After Prempro Hormone Therapy Causes Breast Cancer and Double Mastectomy

Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.