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Mar. 19, 2018

Passion for the Law

Trial lawyer William Shapiro ran into a legal career by happenstance; his son has it in his blood.

From left, Brian Shapiro and William D. Shapiro of The Law Offices of William D. Shapiro

Soon after graduating college, William D. Shapiro was on a run along State College Boulevard in Irvine and noticed signs placed on a new building. What he saw shifted his career focus.

“I noticed the letters went up, it said, ‘College of Law’,” Shapiro recalled. “I had an epiphany, those words resonated and thank God they did as I found what I was born to do.”

Shapiro had a teaching cr... (continued)

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