Ari C. Shapiro

Ari C. Shapiro is a partner in Gordon & Rees’s Miami office and a member of the firm’s Insurance, Tort & Product Liability and Commercial Litigation practice groups.

Mr. Shapiro’s clients include automobile, engine, machinery, and other product manufacturers.  Mr. Shapiro also represents insurance companies and financial institutions.  He has broad experience, as well as trial experience, handling complex tort and products liability litigation in state and federal courts, including asbestos litigation. Mr. Shapiro also has extensive experience  in the areas of personal injury, wrongful death, motor vehicle crashworthiness, commercial litigation, and insurance bad faith.  Mr. Shapiro currently is Florida counsel for Volkswagen of America and Tecumseh Products Company for all asbestos matters.

Admissions

Florida
U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida

Community Involvement

Mr. Shapiro is a member of the Board of Directors for Community Smiles, a non-profit organization dedicated to oral health education and improving access to dental care for the underserved families and children throughout Miami-Dade County.

Practices

Insurance
Tort & Product Liability
Commercial Litigation
Environmental/Toxic Tort

Office

Miami

Education

J.D., magna cum laude, University of Miami School of Law, 2000

• Dean's List, Dean’s Certificate of Achievement
• CALI Excellence for the Future Award
  

B.S., University of Miami, 1995

• Dean's List
• General Honors
• Golden Key National Honor Society

A.A., Miami-Dade Community College, 1993

• Dean’s List
• General Honors

Externships

Miami Beach City Attorney’s Office, 1998