Leonard H. Shapiro

Attorneys

History

Leonard H. Shapiro' s firm is located in the Owings Mills area of Baltimore County. His practice is devoted exclusively to the defense of criminal cases in the District and Circuit Courts of Maryland.

He graduated from the University of Maryland Baltimore County campus and graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law Cum Laude in 1974.

He was an Assistant State's Attorney for Baltimore through 1984 at which time he entered private practice. He is a long time member of the Board of Directors of the Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association and is a member of the National Criminal Defense Attorneys' Association.

Mr. Shapiro has presented seminars, lectures and demonstrations in the area of criminal defense. He is a frequent instructor for the Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers and has co-authored several books for that organization dealing with the defense of criminal matters. He is rated AV by Martindale Hubbell, the highest rating that they give lawyers and in the March 1995 edition of the Baltimore Magazine was selected as one of the best criminal lawyers in the Baltimore area, pursuant to a poll conducted within the legal community.