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Shapiro Arato Bach is a premier litigation boutique in New York City that handles high-stakes, high-profile disputes and cutting-edge litigation across a broad range of clients and industries.  We defend individuals and entities facing existential threats to their reputations, businesses, and livelihoods—including some of the most media-intensive and significant recent prosecutions and lawsuits in the world.  Our practice ranges from criminal matters (predominantly white collar), to complex civil litigation (with a focus on media and entertainment, intellectual property, employment, and financial and commercial disputes), to appeals. Our team, consistently rated among the nation’s top practitioners, has decades of experience trying cases and arguing appeals, and a proven track record of winning in federal and state courts at all levels across the nation, including the Supreme Court of the United States. We are vigorous advocates and counselors skilled in the art of persuasion who are dedicated to finding innovative solutions to our clients’ most challenging problems.