Richard N. Shapiro

Mr. Shapiro exclusively practices personal injury law on behalf of plaintiffs and is regarded as a preeminent trial attorney in the Southeastern United States, particularly in the field of railroad worker injury litigation. For example, Mr. Shapiro was named 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” in railroad law in the Best Lawyers in America publication sponsored by U.S. News & World Report (Norfolk, VA area). Mr. Shapiro is also Board Certified as a Civil Trial Advocacy Specialist by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and is ranked as a "Top 100 Trial Lawyer" in Virginia for personal injury law by the American Trial Lawyers Association.

Along with being accomplished attorney, Mr. Shapiro is an inventor holding an impressive 17 U.S. patents on compact, folding wheel technology. He is also the author of an international, award-winning fiction novel titled Taming the Telomeres.