In order to maintain my high level of personal commitment to our cases, Donald A. Shapiro, Ltd. has chosen not to follow the path of other firms that accept every case and maintain an army of associate lawyers. We are highly selective about the cases we accept and I employ only two associate attorneys.

Matthew R. Basinger has a bachelor of science degree from Ohio University and a law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law. He worked for the Medina County (Ohio) Prosecuting Attorney's Office and then moved into private practice in Cleveland before moving to Chicago in 2005 to concentrate in the personal injury field. Matt came over to Donald A. Shapiro, Ltd. in April, 2007 and is already making a significant contribution to the success of our firm.

Lauren Cohen is a graduate of the University of Texas and Illinois Institute of Technology - Kent Law School. Lauren passed the Texas bar and practiced in Dallas until moving back to Chicago, passing the Illinois Bar and joining our firm. In addition to assisting me on firm cases, Lauren will also be developing our Social Security Disability practice.

Legal assistant, Alex Rodriguez, is a graduate of Northwestern University’s legal assistant program.  Alex’ bilingual skills are of tremendous assistance in providing legal services to our Hispanic clients.

Our office manager/legal secretary is Judy Schultz. Judy started with us in 1988 and runs the office like a well oiled machine scheduling depositions, communicating with clients and doctors, handling the paperwork and reminding me of the ten thousand things I need to do on a daily basis.