Solo and Small Firm
The Practitioner Winter 2020, Volume 26, Issue 1
Content
- Executive Committee of the Solo and Small Firm Law Section 2019-2020
- In the Wake of Dynamex, Ab5 Cleared the Path for Freelance Lawyers
- Legal Persuasion in Distinction & Differentiation
- Letter From the Chair
- Letter from the Editor-In-Chief
- MCLE Article: What to Do If an Attorney Becomes Incapacitated or Dies?
- Table of Contents
- The Legal Ramifications of Interpreting and Translating
- The Personal Touch Sets You Apart, Is Your Most Cost-Effective Marketing, and Provides Occasional Hugs
- the Practitioner For Solo & Small Firms
- The Role of "You" in Your Law Practice
- Three Magic Ingredients That Make an Effective Solo Attorney
- Memoriam for Philip Shapiro
Memoriam for Philip Shapiro
Committee Chair Sabrina Green with Philip Shapiro
It is with saddened hearts that Solo Small Firm Section Executive Committee must announce the passing of our dear friend and colleague, Philip Shapiro who passed away November 30, 2019. Philip was an extraordinary person. He was devoted to his family, the San Diego legal community, and to the SSF community where he served on the ExCom since the late 1990s.
Philip A. Shapiro was born in Chicago, Illinois. He enlisted in the Marine Corps after high school. After active duty, he went to Southern Illinois University for his undergraduate degree. Immediately after graduation, Phil was commissioned as a Special Agent in the U.S. Secret Service. He then went on to graduate school at National University and received his MBA degree.
Graduating from Thomas Jefferson School of Law (then Western State) in 1985, he was the Law Review co-editor. Phil practiced law in partnerships and solo practice beginning in 1988. In 1998, he was awarded the "AV Preeminent" rating from Martindale-Hubbell. He received the A. Thomas Golden Alumnus of the Tear Award in 2006 from Thomas Jefferson School of Law.