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Leonard H. Shapiro

ISLN: 903819952
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Practice Areas

Criminal Law; Traffic Violations; Driving While Intoxicated; Felonies; Misdemeanors; Juvenile Law

Admitted: 1974, Maryland and U.S. District Court, District of Maryland
Law School: University of Baltimore, J.D.
Member: Baltimore County (Past Chairman, Bench Bar Committee), Maryland State and American Bar Associations; Maryland Criminal Defense Attorneys Association (Member, Board of Directors, 1988—); National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys.
Biography: Co-Author: "Defending DWI Cases," MICPEL Program Guide, Criminal Practice in District Court. Lecturer: "District Court Criminal Practice," "DWI," MICPEL cross examination demonstration, 1984—. Law Clerk, Baltimore County States Attorney Office, 1972-1974. Assistant States Attorney, Baltimore County, 1974-1984. Selected: one of the Top Ten Criminal Lawyers by Baltimore Magazine; Super Lawyers, 2007. Member, Trustee Client Protection Fund State of Maryland.
Born: Baltimore, Maryland, March 7, 1949

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.

Areas of Practice

  • Criminal Law
  • Driving While Intoxicated
  • Traffic Violations

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