Jonathan Shapiro

Jonathan Shapiro

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BiographyJonathan Shapiro is a television writer and producer, attorney, adjunct law professor, public speaker, and former Assistant U.S. Attorney as well as Of Counsel at Kirkland & Ellis. He is the co-creator and Executive Producer, with David E. Kelley, of Amazon Prime's TV show Goliath starring Billy Bob Thornton. Shapiro has written fiction, such as Deadly Force: A Lizzie Scott Novel (ABA Publishing 2014) as well as two books of non-fiction: How to Be Abe Lincoln: Seven Steps to Leading a Legendary Life (ABA Publishing 2023) Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling (Ankerwycke 2015). Shapiro has also written episodes of TV shows such as The Calling, The Blacklist, Boston Legal, The Practice, Mr. Mercedes and Life and is also a frequent collaborator of fellow attorney-writer-producer David E. Kelley. He was also a consulting producer on the HBO Series The Undoing. Shapiro's first play, Sisters in Law, based on the relationship between U.S. Supreme Court Justices Sandra Day O'Connor and Ruth Bader Ginsburg premiered as part of the Phoenix Theater Company 2019-2020 Season. Seven different productions of the play have followed, including in New York, as well as the Wallis Annenberg Center, Los Angeles, California.

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