Jonathan Shapiro
Television writer, producer and attorney
Jonathan Shapiro is a television writer and producer who was once a federal prosecutor. He wrote the memoir Lawyers, Liars and the Art of Storytelling.
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About Jonathan Shapiro
Jonathan Shapiro has written and produced for television shows including The Blacklist, The Practice, Life and Boston Legal. With David E. Kelley, he co-created the legal drama Goliath. He has won Emmy, Peabody and Humanitas Awards. Before working in television, he spent ten years as a federal prosecutor. He also taught law as an adjunct at Loyola Law School and at the University of Southern California's Gould School of Law. He studied at Harvard University, was a Rhodes Scholar at Oriel College, Oxford, and earned his law degree at the University of California, Berkeley. Alongside his screen work, Shapiro has written the novel Deadly Force and the memoir Lawyers, Liars and the Art of Storytelling. He has also written a play, Sisters in Law.