Published on: April 2, 2020
AREAS OF FOCUS: CONDOMINIUM LAW
Ellen A. Shapiro, a partner of the firm, has more than 25 years of experience in condominium and community association law. A former prosecutor for the Norfolk County District Attorney’s office, Shapiro is implemental to the firm’s Massachusetts lien enforcement department, which brings her to almost all of the state courts on a routine basis. In addition to her experience as a community association attorney, Shapiro, who is certified in Mediation and Condominium Dispute Resolution for the New England Chapter of Community Associations Institute (CAINE), is a frequent speaker, moderator, and author for CAINE. She has lectured on numerous topics of interest to associations … everything from Rules Enforcement, Fair Debt Collections Practice, Discrimination, and Document Amendments/Drafting to topics in between. She was the first CAINE member to teach the “Educated Business Partners” class which she did for two years.
EDUCATION
- Suffolk University School of Law, JD, 1979, cum laude
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- Elected to CAI’s Business Partners Council (two-year term)
- Member of CAINE’s Board of Directors (two terms)
- Member of Condo Media Board of Directors
- Member of the Real Estate Bar Association (REBA)
- Past co-chair of CAINE’s Attorney’s Committee
- Past president of Condo Media Board of Directors (2007)
- Past president of CAINE (2006)
- Former chair of CAINE Bylaws Task Force (2005)
- Member of the National College of Community Association Lawyers
ADMISSIONS
- Massachusetts, 1979
- U.S. District Court of Massachusetts, 1979
- Rhode Island, 2008
NOTABLE
- CAINE Hall of Fame Award, 2008
- CAINE Attorney of the Year, 1997
- CAINE-Volunteer of the Year Award, 2010
- CAI (National) Excellence in in Government and Public Affairs 2016
- CAINE Excellence in Government and Public Affairs 2016