Goliath
Official Trailer
Teaser Trailer
All eight episodes of my new television series “Goliath,” starring Billy Bob Thornton and William Hurt, will be available on Amazon Prime on October 14!
Deadly Force: A Lizzie Scott Novel
Deadly Force takes place in US Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California, Santa Ana branch office, a desert outpost where a handful of federal prosecutors are responsible for enforcing the federal law of the U.S. for an area that is larger than 14 states, and has a population of more than 5 million people. Here is Lizzie Scott, a classic western hero for the 21st century. Follow her as she untangles an excessive force case against a cop, all while balancing agency turf battles, secret grand jury proceedings, inter-office rivalries and on-the-make prosecutors. If she indicts the deputy, she faces death threats from the police, if she loses the case, a killer will go free and her career will be destroyed. It’s the ultimate insiders look into the nuts-and-bolts of a federal civil rights prosecution, with fascinating legal and moral issues.
Lawyers, Liars, and the Art of Storytelling: Using Stories to Advocate, Influence, and Persuade
The art of telling stories is the secret to success in life, law and business. Storytelling is the most effective means of changing minds and lives. But recognizing the centrality of storytelling to advocacy is not enough. Anyone interested in the art of storytelling should also study the basic structure and elements that apply to stories, how they work and why, as well as the principles that have guided great storytellers for thousands of years.
Jonathan Shapiro
Jonathan Shapiro - Ex-federal prosecutor and law professor turned award winning television writer, producer, and author.
Two Harvard degrees, a Rhodes scholarship, three years working as a newspaper reporter, 10 years as a trial lawyer and Assistant U.S. Attorney, 14 years writing and producing television shows like
The Blacklist, Life, Boston Legal, The Practice.
Ex-Federal Prosecutor
and Law Professor turned Award Winning Television Writer, Producer, and Author.
Testimonials & Reviews
Thankfully, here comes Jonathan Shapiro - one of America's greatest trial lawyers and storytellers - to the rescue. A wonderful and witty raconteur, a storyteller extraordinaire, an Emmy Award-winning Hollywood writer, and a former Rhodes Scholar who became an expert in the art of persuasion, Jonathan shares his secrets in this extraordinary book - a must for every lawyer."
General Counsel, Blackberry
Thankfully, here comes Jonathan Shapiro - one of America's greatest trial lawyers and storytellers - to the rescue. A wonderful and witty raconteur, a storyteller extraordinaire, an Emmy Award-winning Hollywood writer, and a former Rhodes Scholar who became an expert in the art of persuasion, Jonathan shares his secrets in this extraordinary book - a must for every lawyer."
General Counsel, Blackberry
Newspaper publisher and former president of CNPA
Professor of Law
David W. Burcham Chair of Ethical Advocacy
Loyola Law School
University Synagogue
Founding Dean and Distinguished Professor of Law, the University of California, Irvine School of Law, author of The Case Against the Supreme Court
We all have a story to tell and should never stop learning better ways to tell them. Jonathan Shapiro should teach an online course. I'd take it."
author, screenwriter, orator
US Ambassador to Australia
Actor, writer, producer, stand-up comedian
Original SNL writer and Thurber Prize winner for his novel The Other Shulman
of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
former dean of Berkeley Law School
law student