Jonathan Shapiro (writer)

Shapiro received an undergraduate degree and graduate degree at Harvard University in 1985, where he was a Rhodes Scholar at Oriel College at Oxford University, and his J.D. degree, at the University of California Berkeley School of Law in 1990.Writing His Own Ticket, USC School of Law, http://weblaw.usc.edu/press/article.cfm?newsid=3819 Shapiro is Jewish. He serves on the Advisory Board of Indiana University's Borns Jewish Studies Center.{{Cite web |title=Advisory Board |url=https://jewishstudies.indiana.edu/alumni-giving/advisory-board/index.html |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Borns Jewish Studies Program |language=en}}

While attending Berkeley Law's Boalt Hall, Shapiro worked as a staff writer for [http://www.therecorder.com The Recorder] from 1987-1990. He was also a Contributing Editor at The Ring magazine covering fights in the U.K. and U.S. from 1987-1993.{{Cite web |last=Kalb |first=Deborah |date=2016-09-16 |title=Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb: Q&A with Jonathan Shapiro |url=https://deborahkalbbooks.blogspot.com/2016/09/q-with-jonathan-shapiro.html |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=Book Q&As with Deborah Kalb}}{{Cite web |title=The Ring [Magazine] - The Bible of Boxing, December 1987: Spinks Lewis Cover Photo by Collins, Nigel; Inigo, Manolo; Shapiro, Jonathan; Coats, Christopher: (1987) First Edition. Magazine / Periodical {{!}} RareNonFiction, IOBA |url=https://www.abebooks.com/magazines-periodicals/Ring-Magazine-Bible-Boxing-December-1987/30890357628/bd |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=www.abebooks.com |language=en}} Upon graduation from law school, became a Honors Program Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice Organized Crime & Racketeering Division (1990-1992) in Washington, D.C.. Following that position, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the United States Attorneys Office at the United States District Court for the Central District of California for six years from 1992-1998.LinkedIn, Jonathan Shapiro, https://www.linkedin.com/in/legalshapiro He then entered private practice, working briefly at O'Melveny & Myers in 1998 before returning to the public sector as Chief of Staff for Lt. Governor Cruz Bustamante from 1999-2000. From 2013-2015, while writing TV pilots, Shapiro was Of Counsel at Kirkland & Ellis LLP.

In 1981, Shapiro served a one year term as the student member of the California State Board of Education.{{Cite web |last=Bathen |first=Sigrid |date=July 12, 1981 |title=Whiz Kid Heads for Harvard |url=https://sigridbathen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Whiz-Kid-Heads-For-Harvard.pdf |website=sigridbathen.com |access-date=May 29, 2025}} In 2010, he was appointed by the California State Senate to a four-year term on the Commission on Government Economy and Efficiency (the Little Hoover Commission).{{Cite web |date=2013-03-28 |title=Jonathan Shapiro |url=https://www.kcrw.com/people/jonathan-shapiro |access-date=2025-05-30 |website=KCRW |language=en}} He was re-appointed in 2014, and was later elected Chairman of the Commission.{{Cite web |title=A New Plan for a New Economy: Reimagining Higher Education – Little Hoover Commission |url=https://lhc.ca.gov/report/new-plan-new-economy-reimagining-higher-education/ |access-date=2025-05-30 |language=en-US}} Shapiro, who handled a number of pro bono political asylum cases, was also the founder and director of Public Counsel's Emergency Fund for Torture Victims.

Shapiro also was an adjunct professor of law at the University of Southern California School of Law, where he taught federal criminal law, as well as Loyola Law School, and the UCLA School of Law.

In 2014 at the National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter's Emmy Awards held in Washington, D.C., Shapiro won an Emmy Award for the short film/PSA Fair and Free, which he conceived, wrote and produced and which also featured former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.Art of Telling Stories, We Win an Emmy, http://www.artoftellingstories.com/we-win-an-emmy/ The short film was part of the National Association of Women Judges Informed Voters Project, which encourages women of all backgrounds to exercise their right to vote and make a difference in the electoral process. Shapiro also received a separate Emmy nomination for his script.

Shapiro has also received a Peabody Award for his writing work on Boston LegalPeabody Awards, Boston Legal, http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/boston-legal and several Humanitas Awards for his writing and/or producing on Boston Legal (for the episode "Roe v. Wade: The Musical" (2008)) and The Practice (for the episodes "Honor Code" (2002) and "Final Judgment" (2006)), and was further nominated for an Edgar Allan Poe Award for his writing on The Practice episode "Killing Time" (1997).IMDb, Awards - Jonathan Shapiro, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1236705/awards?ref_=nm_awdArt of Telling Stories, Lizzie Scott, http://www.artoftellingstories.com/lizzie-scott/

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• [http://www.artoftellingstories.com/ Jonathan Shapiro's Official Website - "The Art of Telling Stories"]
• [http://weblaw.usc.edu/press/article.cfm?newsid=3819 USC Gould School of Law Profile on Jonathan Shapiro - "Writing His Own Ticket"]

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