Finn Shapiro, LLC, provides legal services to clients with personal injury issues in Minneapolis and throughout Minnesota. As a team, we are devoted to our clients and use a personal touch to guide our clients through the legal process required for personal injury cases.
Firm founder and attorney Allan F. Shapiro has an accomplished history of effective case resolution that spans 30 years. Today, clients benefit from his impressive record of experience and sound leadership. In fact, attorney Shapiro has an extensive professional network that covers a full range of practice areas in law. He takes pride in his ability to serve as a resource for a variety of legal needs. To find out more about attorney Shapiro's legal background, please click on the link below, and to learn about the staff please click here: Meet the Staff
Allan Shapiro
Allan F. Shapiro has extensive experience in personal injury law, including trials in State and Federal Courts. He has many years experience working with the Minnesota No-Fault Act, personal injury and wrongful death claims resulting from all forms of negligent conduct, including negligent operation of motor vehicles, premises liability, dog bites, defective products and medical negligence. Mr. Shapiro maintains a balanced personal injury practice representing plaintiffs (injured parties) and also, representing selected defendants. In 2008, Allan was named an Attorney of the Year in Minnesota.
Born and raised in New York City, Allan Shapiro worked as a New York City cab driver during several
summers while attending college. He was a member of Local 3036, AFL-CIO Taxidrivers Union. He graduated from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. After graduating from Cornell, he traveled, lived and worked in Canada and North Carolina for two years. He then moved to Minnesota and entered the William Mitchell College of Law. Attending classes at night, he worked his way through law school as a legislative consultant and judicial law clerk for Judge Eugene Minenko of the Hennepin County District Court. In 1976, he graduated cum laude and has practiced as a trial lawyer ever since.
Allan Shapiro has been chosen as a Super Lawyer by Minnesota Law & Politics Magazine in the personal injury area and as a Leading Minnesota Lawyer by an independent rating organization. The Martindale and Hubbell legal directory gives Allan Shapiro their highest rating (AV). He is on the roster of neutral arbitrators and mediators of the Minnesota Supreme Court and was selected to be on the panel of mediators and arbitrators of Creative Dispute Resolution and US Arbitration & Mediation. For the last five years, Mr. Shapiro has been a faculty member training mediators and arbitrators at a course given at St. Olaf College, sponsored by U.S. Mediation and Arbitration. He has been an Adjunct Instructor at the William Mitchell College of Law and has been a speaker at several continuing education seminars.
In addition to his plaintiffs practice, Mr. Shapiro has defended personal injury throughout his legal career. This includes a wide variety of claims from wrongful death and significant injury claims to the arbitration of no-fault claims. His special focus has been the defense of inter and intra state trucking companies and their drivers.
On a personal level, Mr. Shapiro is an active father of three children. In his leisure time, he enjoys skiing, fishing and golf. He has coached girls softball and boys basketball. He also provided free legal services through the Volunteer Lawyers Network and served on several community boards.
Independent Attorneys
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There are several independent attorneys that office at the Finn Shapiro suite. They serve as a resource and on occasion assist with specific cases.
Walter Baker: Independent Attorney
Walter M. Baker is an independent attorney with an office at the Finn Shapiro office suite. Walter focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactions, general business matters, estate planning, estate administration and non-profit corporations. He has over thirty years experience in handling these types of matters.
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David Himlie: Independent Attorney
David D. Himlie is an independent attorney with an office at the Finn Shapiro office suite. He practices in the areas of Family Law, Divorce, Child Custody, Visitation Rights, Alimony, Employment Law, Non-Competition Agreements, Severance Agreements and Civil Litigation.
David received a B.A. and a J.D. from the University of Minnesota. He is a member of the Hennepin County, Minnesota State and American Bar Associations (Member of the Sections on Family Law and Litigation in both associations).
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Page Narins: Independent Attorney
Page H. Narins is our resident Criminal Defense and Expungement Attorney. Fighting for her clients constitutional rights and helping them navigate collateral consequences of criminal charges is her passion. She tirelessly searches for hidden legal issues in the most unlikely cases and gets her clients great results. Strictly practicing criminal defense and expungement law enables Ms. Narins to identify unique legal issues that can make or break the prosecutor's case.
Ms. Narins has worked with hundreds of clients ranging from speeding tickets all the way up to first degree murder. She is in court nearly every day and is familiar with judges and prosecutors from every jurisdiction around the state. Attorney Narins enjoys practicing in every county in Minnesota state court.
WEBSITE: narinsdefense.com
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Nadi Pohlukin-Pratt: Independent Attorney
Nadia Pohlukin-Pratt of the Pratt International Law Firm is an experienced litigator with an immigration and social security disability practice. She is an assertive advocate for her clients before the Executive Office for Immigration Review, USCIS, Board of Immigration Appeals and the Office of Disability Review and Adjudication. Nadia speaks five languages. Together with her staff, they can converse with clients in Russian, Spanish, French, Hebrew and Arabic. Nadia graduated from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and from the William Mitchell College of Law, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
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If you have a personal injury issue and would like to speak to a qualified lawyer, contact us. Call us at 952-541-1000 or 952-541-1000 or send an e-mail to arrange a free consultation with an experienced lawyer.
