Shaina Shapiro has extensive experience defending corporate clients in complex, high-stakes litigation, with a focus on consumer class actions in various contexts, including products liability and antitrust. Through these matters, Shaina has acquired a comprehensive working understanding of the life of a case, from inception through discovery and ultimately to resolution.
Shaina recently represented a health care provider in parallel federal and state class actions that alleged tying and market leveraging; she worked on all aspects of party and third-party discovery, dispositive motion practice, motion practice resisting class certification, and pretrial preparation. Additionally, Shaina has helped clients facing potential federal charges navigate and complete complex internal investigations.
Shaina has represented clients located throughout California and all over the world. As a result, she has routinely worked cohesively with cross-country and cross-nation teams to tackle matters pending in both federal and California state courts.
Prior to rejoining Jones Day in 2015, Shaina served a federal clerkship in the Central District of California with Judge Real and Judge Feess. During law school, she also served as an extern for the Civil Division of the Los Angeles United States Attorney's Office, where she worked on numerous Bivens actions, FTCA claims, constitutional rights actions, Title VII claims, ADEA claims, NLRB disputes, and wrongful death claims.
Experience
- University of Southern California (J.D. 2013; Southern California Law Review [Senior Editor, 2012-2013 and Staff, 2011-2012]); University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (Dual B.A. in Economics and Political Science with University Honors 2010, with a minor in Crime and Justice; Michigan Merit Scholarship)
- California and U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
- Extern, U.S. Attorney's Office, Civil Division, Los Angeles (Spring 2012)
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Manuel L. Real (2015) and Honorable Gary A. Feess (2014-2015), U.S. District Court, Central District of California