Nina G. Shapirshteyn

Nina G. Shapirshteyn is a partner at Abramson Smith Waldsmith LLP and a former Superior Court judge. She represents individuals and families in injury and wrongful death cases throughout California. As a litigator, Nina has secured numerous multimillion-dollar settlements and jury verdicts. She was selected as Trial Lawyer of the Year by the San Francisco Trial Lawyers Association after serving as lead counsel in Kuhlmann v. Ethicon-Endo Surgery, LLC, Johnson & Johnson Health Care Services, et al., where a jury awarded $79.8 million. She was also honored as Trial Lawyer of the Year by the Santa Clara County Trial Lawyers’ Association after securing three separate multimillion-dollar jury verdicts for plaintiffs in a single year. Nina is a member of the invitation-only American Board of Trial Advocates and a fellow of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. She is a recognized Super Lawyer, holds an AV Preeminent rating from Martindale-Hubbell and a 10.0 Superb rating from Avvo. She was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to serve as a Superior Court judge, where she presided over civil matters including complex litigation and high-stakes injury cases. Nina is admitted to practice law in California and New York and speaks Russian fluently. Her reported results include a $36 million defective-product settlement, $30 million sexual-abuse judgment, $20 million defective-product burn-injury settlement, $17 million spinal-injury settlement, $10 million brain-injury settlement, $10 million wrongful-death settlement, and several other multimillion-dollar results.

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