Shapiro is a LEED Accredited Professional who focuses her practice on green building law, which includes sustainable project financing, regulatory drafting, land use approvals, contracts, and conflict resolution.  She is the Sustainability Coordinator for Obermayer’s Sustainability Initiative; Co-Chair of the ABA State and Local Government Section Subcommittee on Land Use/Environmental Law, and is the Secretary of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council.  She also maintains a popular blog on legal issues related to Green Building, available at www.greenbuildinglawblog.com.

Shapiro earned her Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania where she received the Milton C. Sharp Award for Best Grades/Best Research in Urban Renewal or Land Use Planning.  While attending the University of Pennsylvania, she obtained a Certificate in Business and Public Policy from the Wharton School of Business.  She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Development Studies and Modern British History from Brown University

Shapiro has been featured in the Philadelphia Inquirer, ABA Journal, Lexis/Nexis, Treehugger.com and Greenerbuidings.com.  Her publications include:

“Who Should Regulate? Federalism and Conflict in Regulation of Green Buildings,” Forthcoming, William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, 2009

“The Legal Risks of Building Green,” May, 2009, Journal of Light Construction

“Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Lawyers,” December 1, 2008, Greenerbuildings.com

“What’s Next for Albuquerque,” November 17, 2008, Greenerbuildings.com

“Open the Floodgates: The Era of Green Building Litigation,” July 11, 2008, Greenerbuildings.com

Shapiro is admitted to practice in the states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

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