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Jim "The Hammer" Shapiro is an American attorney and author who was known in the Rochester and Florida areas (as well as some areas of Canada where the Rochester station WUHF is available on cable) for his aggressive television commercials, as well as for a letter of solicitation he sent to a comatose accident victim.〔"Lawyer suspended over ads", ''Times Union'', 2 May 2004〕 ==Career== Shapiro graduated from Boston University Law School. He is a member of the New York Bar, and the Plaintiff's Securities Lawyers Group. He founded three law firms and had offices in Broward County, Florida; Rochester, Syracuse, and Buffalo, New York.〔http://www.yourlegalfortune.com/about.html Jim "The Hammer" Shapiro's website, accessed August 1, 2006. Link inactive October 14, 2008.〕 In the 1990s, Shapiro became controversial for his self-promotional television commercials〔(''Daily Orange'' ) article "'S.O.B.' lawyer validates his title", published June 14, 2006 and accessed July 30, 2006〕 in which he promised to obtain large financial settlements for accident victims,〔"Flamboyant personal-injury lawyer dealt a setback", Associated Press Newswires, 14 June 2002〕 referred to himself as "the meanest, nastiest S.O.B. in town"〔Case, Dick, "Annoyed viewers find they can’t nail ads by ‘The Hammer’," ''Syracuse Herald-Journal'', 16 December 1996〕 and claimed to have "aggressive courtroom prowess".〔Craig, Gary, ("'Hammer' Shapiro on other end of lawsuit" ), ''Democrat and Chronicle'' published December 20, 2004 and accessed July 30, 2006〕 His ads' visuals frequently included vehicle crashes, falling bodies, Satan, threats of physical violence against defendants, images from the video game Doom, animals and people being hit by trains, and explosions.〔Zeigler, Michael, ("Lawyers are asked to tone down ads" ), ''Democrat and Chronicle'' published and accessed February 1, 2007〕 He also began selling not-for-profit t-shirts which featured "a vicious beast with blood dripping from its fangs" and the words "Protected by Vicious S.O.B., Jim The Hammer Shapiro."〔 Shapiro sold all three law firms and now writes books. He is the author of ''Victims'' () ''Rights to Maximum Cash'', ''Sue the Bastards'', ''Million Dollar Lungs'', ''Injury Victims'' () ''Rights to Maximum Cash'', ''Instant Credit Repair'' and ''Get Back All Your Lost Investments!''.〔 The Information on books recently published by James Shapiro are at http://www.linkedin.com/in/shapirojames and http://www.amazon.com/Get-Back-Your-Lost-Investments/dp/1883527236 In 2007, Shapiro's advertisements were cited by the Rochester ''Democrat and Chronicle'' as partial inspiration for a new set of rules the New York State Court System has implemented that limit attorneys' advertisements. The new rules prohibit, among other things, nicknames such as "The Hammer".〔 The constitutionality of the rules was called into question when Judge Frederick Scullin of the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York permanently enjoined some of the provisions in July 2007.〔''New York Law Journal'', ("Upset of Few Attorney Advertising Rules Could Signal Return of 'Heavy Hitters'" ), Joel Stashenko, July 27, 2007〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Shapiro (attorney)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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