Nicholas P. Shapiro

Nicholas P. Shapiro is a shareholder in Jeff Angley's real estate litigation practice at Phillips & Angley. Nick joined the firm as an associate in May, 2011. Nick's focus and practice areas are concentrated on zoning, land use, real estate, and telecommunications, counseling real estate developers, private land owners, neighbors and abutters, and institutional/corporate clients throughout Massachusetts. Nick appears predominantly before the Massachusetts Land Court - a trial court of specialized jurisdiction over zoning, land use and real estate disputes. However, in his time at Phillips & Angley, Nick has argued all manner of motions and appeals before every level of the Massachusetts judiciary, from the District Court to the Supreme Judicial Court. Nick has, in particular, argued 10 appeals before the Massachusetts Appeals Court and the Supreme Judicial Court during his tenure at Phillips & Angley.

Nick is presently the co-chair of the Massachusetts Real Estate Bar Association's Land Use and Zoning Section, and sits on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of that organization. He is also co-editor-in-chief of the American Bar Association's Litigation Section's Real Estate and Condemnation Committee's newsletter, and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Nick was recently asked to become a member of the Abstract Club, which is a voluntary association of experienced lawyers who practice real estate law in MA, has been in existence for over 100 years, and is limited by its by-laws to 100 members. Nick has been quoted in the Boston Globe and Massachusetts Lawyer's Weekly concerning particular cases and land use issues. From 2015 to date, Nick has been awarded the distinction of being named a Super Lawyers Rising Star or Super Lawyer in New England for Land Use and Zoning, and was named to Boston Magazine's 2021 Top Lawyers list. Nick was the recipient of the Real Estate Bar Association's Emerging Leader Award in 2017, and was named Most Valuable Editor for the ABA's Litigation Section for the 2020/2021 bar year.

Prior to joining the firm, Nick was law clerk to the Hon. Joseph A. Trainor, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Appeals Court and, prior to that clerkship, to the Hon. Harry M. Grossman, Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Land Court. Nick received a J.D., cum laude, in 2008 from Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts where he was a member of Suffolk's Transnational Law Review.