Meet Adam L. Shapiro — Personal Injury Attorney Licensed in New York & Florida

Adam L. Shapiro has been fighting for injured New Yorkers since 1994. Based in Forest Hills, Queens, he represents accident victims, injured workers, and families across New York and Florida. Car crashes. Construction falls. Slip and fall injuries. Medical malpractice. Workers’ comp. Wrongful death.

He handles it all. Personally.

You will not be handed off to a paralegal or treated like a file number. Adam takes your calls, knows your case, and when the insurance company comes with a lowball offer, Adam is already two steps ahead.

About Us

Shapiro's Advantage: Former Defense Counsel for Lloyd's of London & Harley Davidson

This is the part other attorneys cannot copy.

Before Adam fought for injury victims, he spent years on the other side. He defended Lloyd’s of London. Harley Davidson. Ford Motor Credit. Bank of America. Legion Insurance Company. The New York State Liquidation Bureau. He was inside the machine. He learned exactly how insurance adjusters are trained to think, stall, and minimize what they pay out.

Then he crossed the line.

He took everything he learned defending the giants and turned it against them. When an adjuster sits across from Adam, they are facing someone who studied their playbook and even helped them write it.

That is Adam’s advantage. And now it works for you. Only.

Academic Academy

JAMAICA HIGH SCHOOL

Presidential Award Recipient (1986)

SUNY ALBANY

Psychology & Criminal Justice (1990)

Field Experience

NEW YORK BAR

Licensed & Active Since 1994

FLORIDA BAR

Multi-State Jurisdictional reach

Contract Clarity

Title Assurance

Bilingual Legal Services

Smooth Closings

Trusted Guidance

30 Years of Civil Litigation — Representing Both Plaintiffs and Defendants

Adam started his legal career in Florida in 1993. Criminal defense first. Then, insurance and aviation litigation at two major Miami firms, representing institutional clients in national and international cases. By 1997, he was back in New York as an associate and then partner at Issler & Schrage, LLP on Park Avenue, handling cases for corporations, insurance companies, and celebrities alongside individual plaintiffs and defendants.

In 2000, he opened his own firm in Forest Hills. He has been there ever since.

Over 30 years. Both sides of the courtroom. Every type of civil case. That depth is not something you find at most personal injury firms. It is something you feel the moment the other side realizes who they are dealing with.

Bilingual Legal Services — English & Spanish / Hablamos Español

Adam’s firm serves New York’s full community. If English is not your first language, that is not a barrier here. The firm provides full legal services in both English and Spanish. You deserve to understand exactly what is happening with your case, in the language you think in.

Hablamos Español.

Bar Admissions, Associations & Awards

Adam is recognized nationally and locally as one of New York’s top personal injury attorneys.

Licensed: New York State Bar, Florida State Bar
Member: American Association for Justice
Top 100 National Trial Lawyers
Lawyers of Distinction
Million Dollar Advocate Club
10 Best Law Firm
Best Attorney recognition, multiple years
Featured on CBS, NBC, WPIX, News12, NY1, The New York Post, and Newsday

Academic Backgroun SUNY Albany & Florida Bar Admission

Adam graduated from Jamaica High School with honors, earning a Presidential Award of Excellence and a Regents Scholarship. He went on to earn a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from SUNY Albany, with double minors in Philosophy and Criminal Justice. He earned his Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law in 1993. Before he even graduated, he was already trying cases. He clerked at Shrier & Koenigsberg and interned at the Dade County Public Defender's Office, standing in courtrooms while other students were still in class. Adam is licensed in both New York and Florida. Federal and state courts.