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ERIN M. SHAPIRO is a partner with the Boston law firm of Atwood & Cherny, a nationally recognized law firm concentrating in the practice of family law.  Erin has been involved in various complex matrimonial matters and custody disputes on both the trial and appellate levels for over twenty years.  She has been appointed as a Discovery Master, Guardian ad Litem, Conciliator, and Attorney for Children by Justices of the Probate Court in domestic relations matters.  She serves as Guardian ad Litem in the Superior Court of Massachusetts.  Erin represented the late Karen Sharpe who was murdered by her husband, Dr. Richard Sharpe, during their divorce litigation.  This matter received national media attention and has been the subject of many television shows, including Court TV, Dateline, and the Investigative Discovery Channel by whom Erin was interviewed and she appeared in a televised episode regarding the Sharpe matter.  Erin engages in pro bono work under both the Worcester and Middlesex Probate & Family Courts Attorney Representing Children Program.  Erin is also the Managing Partner of the satellite office of Atwood & Cherny in Northborough, Massachusetts.

BAR & COURT ADMISSIONS

• Commonwealth of Massachusetts

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Boston Bar Association
• Massachusetts Bar Association
• Worcester Bar Association
• Massachusetts Family & Probate American Inn of Court
• Massachusetts Association of Guardian Ad Litems

PUBLICATIONS & COURSES
Speaking Engagements

• MCLE Divorce Financial Summit, Finding Hidden Income (2013)
• MCLE Divorce Financial Summit, Income-Misconceptions, Perceptions and the Reality (2013)
• MCLE Divorce Financial Summit, Financial Issues in Domestic Relations Cases (2011)
• MCLE Alimony Summit (2010)

Publications:

• The Equities of Double Dipping in Massachusetts, MCLE (2011)
• Drafting Considerations in the Wake of Pierce and Ansin, MCLE (2010)
• 5th Amendment and Domestic Relations Matters,​ Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly (2003)

RECOGNITIONS

• The Best Lawyers in America© in Family Law, 2013 – present 
• Massachusetts Super Lawyers, 2015 – present
• Boston Magazine’s “Top Women Attorneys" - Massachusetts 2015
• Boston Magazine’s “Top Women Attorneys-Massachusetts’ Outstanding Young Lawyers”, 2013 
• Lexis/Nexis Martindale Hubbell BV Distinguished Rating

NOTABLE CASES

• Sbrogna v. Sbrogna, 92 Mass. App. Ct. 639 (2017) 
• Scwartz v. Schwartz, 89 Mass. App. Ct. 1134 (2016) 
• Young v. Young, 478 Mass. 1 (2017)
• Van Arsdale v. Van Arsdale, 477 Mass. 218 (2017)
• ​Austin v. Austin, 445 Mass. 601 (2005)
• Austin v. Austin, 62 Mass. App. Ct. 719 (2004)
• Braun v. Braun, 68 Mass. App. Ct, 846 (2007)
• Hennessey v. Sarkis, 54 Mass. App. Ct, 152 (2002)

EDUCATION

• Suffolk University Law School - J. D. 1997 (cum laude)
•  University of Massachusetts (Amherst) - B.A. 1994 (cum laude)

​ERIN M. SHAPIRO, Partner
eshapiro@atwoodcherny.com
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