Alexander Shapiro
Alexander H. Shapiro joined Rosenberg & Estis, P.C. in 2025 and is a Member in the firm’s Litigation Department. Shapiro is an accomplished trial and appellate advocate with a proven track record of success in representing individuals and businesses in complex commercial disputes and white-collar regulatory and criminal investigations in state and federal forums. His distinguished background includes serving as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York and holding senior in-house leadership roles at two Fortune 500 companies.
Shapiro represents clients with regard to a broad range of issues, including breach of contract, commercial and securities fraud, shareholder and partner disputes, piercing the corporate veil and voidable transfers, discovery in aid of foreign litigation (28 U.S.C. § 1782), and general counsel advisory services, including compliance and policy development.
Shapiro has significant courtroom experience, having led and/or directed numerous trials in both federal and state court, as well as before administrative bodies such as FINRA and the NLRB. He also has extensive appellate expertise, having briefed and argued appeals in federal circuit courts across the country.
Shapiro is also an experienced mediator, and currently serves on the roster of neutrals for the New York State Supreme Court Commercial Division Alternative Dispute Resolution Program.
Before entering private practice in 2001, Shapiro served as a trial attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice, and then as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, where he prosecuted a wide range of cases from complex commercial frauds to an international art theft conspiracy. His government service earned him several honors, including the Attorney General’s John Marshall Award and the Chief U.S. Postal Inspector’s Award.
In the private sector, Shapiro spent over a decade in senior in-house counsel roles at three Fortune 500 companies, The Bank of New York Mellon, Cablevision Systems Corporation (now Altice USA), and DXC Technology, Inc., where he was in charge of managing litigation, internal investigations and compliance policy development. At Cablevision, he was Head of Litigation and Compliance Policy; at DXC, he served as Global Head of Litigation and Investigations.
Prior to joining Rosenberg & Estis, Shapiro was a Partner at the litigation boutique Ford O’Brien Landy LLP.
A frequent speaker and writer on litigation, compliance, and case management, Shapiro has presented at industry conferences such as the Marcus Evans Chief Litigation Officer Summit, LegalTech, and CLE programs hosted by the NYC Bar Association, the ABA, and the National Business Institute. He also has contributed articles to The New York Law Journal.
