Sam Shapiro was born in Danville, Illinois.  He graduated with a B.A. from Indiana University in 1976 and a J.D. in 1979. Sam was an Assistant to the Prosecutor in Morgan County, Indiana, he has served on the Monroe County Youth Shelter Board and has been Secretary of the Monroe County Bar Association. Sam has given professional presentations on jury selection, trial work, and drinking driving cases to law students, prosecutor and police seminars, and attorney continuing legal education seminars.  He has received an 'a' 'v' rating from his peers via the Martindale Hubbell legal rating service.  Sam Shapiro has been an attorney for more than 20 years and limits his practice to all aspects of criminal defense.