Alexander H. Shapiro - New York, NY
Attorney at Rosenberg & Estis, P.C.
Litigation Lawyers in New York, NY
11 Grand Central East New York, NY 10017
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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34
Years
Experience
New York Litigation Lawyer
Updated: 04/23/2026
Areas of Practice
- Litigation
Attorney Information
Overview
Alexander Shapiro is a seasoned litigator who represents individuals and businesses in complex commercial disputes as well as white collar regulatory and criminal investigations. Over the course of his career, Alexander has counseled and advised clients on a broad range of issues, including breach of contract, securities fraud, insider trading, piercing the corporate veil and voidable transfers, non-compete provisions, discovery in aid of foreign litigation (Section 1782), and compliance and policy development. Alexander has extensive trial experience, having personally led and/or directed numerous trials in federal and state courts, as well as before administrative tribunals such as FINRA and the NLRB. Alexander is also an accomplished appellate lawyer, having briefed and argued numerous appeals in federal circuit courts across the country. In the white-collar arena, Alexander successfully defended a client in a criminal matter involving allegations of money laundering, leading to the dismissal of the indictment and release of millions of dollars in funds held for forfeiture.
Before entering private practice in 2001, Alexander served as a trial attorney in the United States Department of Justice and then for six years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the United States' Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York, where he successfully prosecuted numerous cases, ranging from complex commercial frauds to an international art theft conspiracy. In the course of his government career, Alexander was the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious Attorney General's John Marshall Award and the Chief Postal Inspector's Award. Alexander has also spent over a decade managing litigation, internal investigations and compliance policies as senior in-house counsel for three Fortune 500 companies, The Bank of New York Mellon, Cablevision Systems Corporation (now Altice USA), and DXC Technology, Inc. At Cablevision, Alexander held the position of Head of Litigation and Compliance Policy, while at DXC Technology, Alexander was the Global Head of Litigation and Investigations.
Alexander speaks and lectures regularly on topics in litigation and in-house compliance and case management. He has been a featured speaker at the Marcus Evans Chief Litigation Officer Summits, is a regular CLE instructor for the National Business Institute, and has participated in CLE panels at the New York City Bar Association, Proskauer Rose LLP, the Connex Group Legal Executive Meeting, the ABA Section on International Law, and LegalTech. Alexander also writes on issues of current legal interest and has published a number of articles in the Outside Counsel column of The New York Law Journal. Alexander is currently a member of the New York City Bar Association's European Affairs Committee.
Select Accomplishments:
- Won motion to dismiss for all defendants in Rule 10b-5 action filed by institutional investor in federal court in San Jose, California against a private media company and two of its officers.
- Successfully defended Mexican national in a criminal money laundering investigation brought by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York leading to the dismissal of the indictment and release of millions of dollars in funds held for forfeiture.
- Achieved favorable settlement on behalf of CEO/founder of tech startup in corporate governance dispute with other founders in Delaware Chancery Court, securing exclusive control of company for client, and robust IP, non-compete and non-solicitation protections.
- Achieved favorable settlement on behalf of international art curator in breach of contract dispute relating to Banksy art exhibition in Los Angeles after filing for emergency injunctive relief in California State Superior Court.
- Won motion seeking leave to amend complaint alleging securities fraud in counterclaim filed in federal court in New York City by individual investor against public company after Court had previously granted motion to dismiss and significantly limited the scope of any further pleading.
- Won motion to compel inspection of books and records of a federal stock association subject to federal law on behalf of New York hedge fund in lawsuit filed in federal court in Rochester, New York.
Select Engagements:
- Represented private media company in dual investigation by SEC and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of New York.
- Representing criminal defendant in appeal of conviction to Second Circuit.
- Representing Greek national in loan recovery lawsuit against four New York LLCs and their principals pending in New York State Supreme Court.
- Representing global asset management firm in breach of contract dispute.
- Representing foreign company in Section 1782 petition in Southern District of New York.
- Representing domestic manufacturing company in contract dispute with Hungarian company.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Phi Beta Kappa.
- Henry Fellowship.
- U.S. Attorney General’s John Marshall Award.
- The Chief Postal Inspector’s Award.
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Included on the 2026 New York Metro Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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Yale Law School,
New Haven,
Connecticut, 1991
J.D.
Law Journal: Yale Journal of Law and the Humanities, Articles Editor, 1990 - 1991
Law Journal: The Yale Law Journal, Member, 1990 - 1991
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Yale Law School,
New Haven,
Connecticut, 1991
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Non Legal Education
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Yale University, 1986
B.A.
Honors: summa cum laude
Honors: Phi Beta Kappa
Honors: With Distinction
Major: European History -
Cambridge University, 1989
M.Litt
Honors: Henry Fellowship from Yale, 1986-87
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Yale University, 1986
Current Employment Position(s)
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Member
Past Positions
- U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Trial Attorney
- U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of New York, Assistant U.S. Attorney
- Kornstein, Veisz, Wexler & Pollard, LLC, Partner
- Allegaert, Berger & Vogel LLP, Partner
- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Of Counsel
- The Bank of New York Mellon, Senior Managing Counsel
- Cablevision Systems Corp., Head of Litigation and Compliance Policy
- DXC Technology, Inc., Global Head of Litigation and Investigations
Published Works
Articles
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“Judicial Cross-Currents in Debtor and Creditor Law § 278,” The New York Law Journal, July 9, 2021
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“Second Circuit Stands its Ground in Construing 28 U.S.C. §1728,” The New York Law Journal, November 10, 2020
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“Diversity Jurisdiction in the Second Circuit: The ‘Tagger’ Decision,” The New York Law Journal, August 19, 2020
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The Consolations of History: Themes of Progress and Potential in Richard Wagner’s Götterdämmerung. New York, NY: Routledge, 2020
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“Uplifting Experiences,” Book Review of Joseph Horowitz, Moral Fires: Musical Portraits from America’s Fin de Siècle (2012) in The Wagner Journal, Vol. 7, No. 1 (2013)
- “McEwan and Forster, The Perfect Wagnerites.” The Wagner Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2 (2011)
- “Political Theory and the Growth of Defensive Safeguards in Criminal Procedure: The Origins of the Treason Trials Act of 1696.” Law and History Review, Volume 11, No. 2 (Fall 1993)
- ”’Drama of an Infinitely Superior Nature': Handel's Early English Oratorios and the Religious Sublime.” Music & Letters, Vol. 74, No. 2 (May 1993)
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1992
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York
Other Affiliations
- New York Council of Defense Lawyers (Member)
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on European Affairs (Member)
- Association of the Bar of the City of New York, Committee on Federal Courts, 2009 - 2012 (Member)
- American Bar Association, Section of Litigation (Member)
- American Bar Association, Billing and Budgeting Sub-Committee, Committee on Corporate Counsel, 2009 - 2010 (Member)
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Contact
11 Grand Central East
New York, NY 10017
Phone: 646-582-9759
Fax: 212-551-8484
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