Practice Areas:
Commercial
Jurisdictions:
Biography
Eddie’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and labor and employment law. Representing a diverse range of clients, Eddie has litigated complex commercial disputes in state and federal courts concerning breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference, and state and federal RICO claims. Eddie also represents and provides counseling and advisory services to employers and individuals in both New York and California on a broad range of labor and employment-related matters in a wide variety of industries.
Eddie has substantial experience conducting investigations and defending claims of employment misclassification, wage theft, hostile work environment, discrimination on the basis of race, gender, sex, age, and disability, and related labor law violations; and providing counsel and advice concerning compliance with state and federal labor and employment laws.
Before joining Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes, Eddie was an associate of Kasowitz Benson Torres and secondment counsel at KfW Bankengruppe in Frankfurt, Germany.
Eddie has substantial experience conducting investigations and defending claims of employment misclassification, wage theft, hostile work environment, discrimination on the basis of race, gender, sex, age, and disability, and related labor law violations; and providing counsel and advice concerning compliance with state and federal labor and employment laws.
Before joining Glenn Agre Bergman & Fuentes, Eddie was an associate of Kasowitz Benson Torres and secondment counsel at KfW Bankengruppe in Frankfurt, Germany.
Recent matter/case highlights
- Douglas Elliman Real Estate
Represented Douglas Elliman Real Estate in a class action suit involving claims of employment misclassification, failure to pay wages, and related labor law claims.
- Blockchain start-up matter
Represented the former sole director in a blockchain start-up focused on developing the first SEC-approved “tokenized” money market fund, which was acquired by a defendant corporation and then allegedly “killed” for the use of its valuable blockchain technology.
- Lovell Minnick
Represented private equity firm Lovell Minnick in a lawsuit presenting significant questions about the liability of private equity firms for acquisitions by their portfolio companies.
Key practice areas
- Commercial
- Commercial disputes
- Labor and employment
Academic qualifications
J.D., New York University School of Law, 2012
B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 2007
Bar Admissions
- State Bar of New York
- State Bar of California
- U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Address:
Tel:+1 212 970 1600
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Website:https://www.glennagre.com/team/edward-e-shapiro/
1185 Avenue of the Americas, Fl 22
New York, NY, 10036-2603
United States