Welcome to the Trial Alchemy™ podcast, where I talk with top ABOTA plaintiff and defense trial lawyers about what works, and what doesn't work when trying a case to a jury. In this episode I re-release the interview that I had a few years ago with outstanding plaintiff attorney Bill Shapiro, Esq. who is now the 2026 National President of ABOTA. Thanks for joining me! Guest Resume: William D. Shapiro, Esq. Bill Shapiro is the founding partner of William D. Shapiro Law, Inc. in San Bernardino, California, and he has been practicing law since 1979. Bill handles a broad variety of tort cases including personal injury, back/spinal injury, wrongful death, head/brain injuries, amputations, car accidents, truck accidents, motorcycle accidents, defective products, public entity liability, and insurance bad faith. Bill is a Diplomate in the American Board of Trial Advocates. He was sworn in as the 2026 National ABOTA President in January 2026.Bill is also a Fellow in the American College of Trial Lawyers, a Fellow in the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and a Fellow in the International Society of Barristers.Bill has served in many bar leadership positions. He serves on the State Board of Governors for the Consumer Attorneys of California, is a past president of the San Bernardino/Riverside ABOTA Chapter and is a past president of the Consumer Attorneys of Inland Empire. Bill has received numerous awards for his trial advocacy. He was recognized in Top Verdicts in 2022 by the LA Daily Journal. He was named the CAL-ABOTA Trial Lawyer of the Year in 2015, and he has been named Trial Lawyer of the Year in other years by other bar associations including the Consumer Attorneys of Los Angeles, the Orange County Trial Lawyers Association, the Consumer Attorneys of the Inland Empire, and the Western San Bernardino County Bar Association. In addition to all this legal accomplishment, Bill is a professional musician who is a kick-ass great guitar player and great pedal-steel guitar player. Guest Contact Information: Bill Shapiro, Esq. Willam D. Shapiro Law, Inc. 893 East Brier Dr.San Bernardino, CA 92408Telephone: (909) 890-1000Email: bill@wshapiro.com Web: https://wshapiro.com Podcast Host Resume: Monty A. McIntyre, Esq.Helping Attorneys Get Excellent Results:-Settling or Deciding Cases or Issues: Mediator, Arbitrator & Referee at ADR Services handling employment (PAGA, wage & hour, wrongful termination, etc.), torts (elder abuse, legal malpractice, medical malpractice, personal injury, wrongful death, etc.), business, real property, insurance (bad faith, coverage, UIM), and probate and trust cases. ADR Services Case Managers: Haward Cho, haward@adrservices.com, (213) 683-1600 and Rachael Boughan, rboughan@adrservices.com,phone: (619) 233-1323.-Working Up Cases: California Case Summaries™ - Know the New Law-Trying Cases: Trial mentoring with Monty McIntyre, (619) 990-4312. Trial Alchemy™ Podcast on Spotify, Apple, YouTube & Monty’s web – Learn from Civil Jury Trial ExpertsMonty A. McIntyre, Esq. has been a California civil trial lawyer for 45 years, and a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA) for 30 years. He has tried over 100 civil cases including jury trials, judge trials, administrative hearings, hospital medical staff hearings, and arbitrations. He has represented plaintiffs and defendants in business, CEQA, elder abuse, employment, hospital medical staff, insurance bad faith, land use, Medical Board of California, medical malpractice, personal injury, real property, and wrongful death and other tort cases. Monty McIntyre has recovered over $50 million in judgments and settlements for plaintiff clients and has recovered numerous defense verdicts and favorable results for defense clients. He is a past president of the San Diego County Bar Association, a past president of the San Diego Chapter of ABOTA, a Master in the Enright Inn of Court, a recipient of two Outstanding Trial Lawyer awards, is a past member of the ABOTA National Board of Directors, National Conference of Bar Presidents, ABA House of Delegates, and the ABA Standing Committee on Judicial Independence. Monty A. McIntyre has been recognized by Best Lawyers in America since 2012, and for over 30 years has been rated by Martindale-Hubbell as an AV Preeminent Attorney.Podcast Host Contact Information: Monty A. McIntyre, Esq.Mediator, Arbitrator and Referee with ADR Services, Inc.To schedule a matter with Monty at ADR Services, contact Monty's case managers: Haward Cho, haward@adrservices.com, or Rachael Boughan, rboughan@adrservices.com, (619) 233-1323),Law Office of Monty A. McIntyre, Esq.Phone: (619) 990-4312Email: monty@montymcintyre.comMediation Web: https://montymcintyre.mykajabi.com Law Web: https://montymcintyre-law.com California Case Summaries web: https://cacasesummaries.com Podcast Sponsor: California Case Summaries™. Save Time. Know More. Win More. California attorneys win more cases by always knowing the new published civil cases in their practice areas. California Case Summaries™ makes this easy with unique one-paragraph case summaries, organized by legal topic, of every new civil case published by California courts. Subscribers can get monthly summary issues, quarterly issues, annual issues, or all three. Individual Attorney subscriptions (only one person is authorized to read the summaries) and discounted Law Firm Unlimited subscriptions (authorizing the law firm to provide summaries to every lawyer and paralegal in the firm) are available.There are two ways to get California Case Summaries™:1. Mediate with Monty McIntyre:When an attorney conducts one half-day or full-day private mediation with Monty McIntyre, they will get a free 1-year Individual Attorney subscription to California Case Summaries™ (with monthly, quarterly and annual case summaries, a $1,999 annual value).And, when one or more attorneys in the same law firm conduct two half-day or two full-day private mediations with Monty McIntyre in one calendar year, their law firm will get a free 1-year Law Firm Unlimited subscription to California Case Summaries ™ (with monthly, quarterly and annual case summaries, a $6,500 annual value).2. Buy a Subscription: Four subscription options are available that cost less than 1 billable hour per month:-California Case Summaries™ (monthly, quarterly and annual publications). Subscribe.-California Case Summaries Monthly™ (monthly publications only). Subscribe.-California Case Summaries Quarterly™ (quarterly publications only). Subscribe.-California Case Summaries Annual™ (annual publications only). Subscribe. I hope you learn something from this podcast interview that will help you in your law practice and in your next civil jury trial. Do well and be well.Best regards, Monty A. McIntyre, Esq.
