Diana Gurfel Shapiro joined the firm's New York office in 2001, after serving as Principal Court Attorney to the Honorable Bernard J. Fried, Supreme Court, New York County (1999-2001) and is a partner of the firm. Her practice encompasses all aspects of international aviation law, products liability and commercial litigation. She has worked on several major multidistrict aviation disaster litigations, represented foreign air carriers in commercial fraud litigation and counseled manufacturers of commercial aviation products regarding liability exposure.

Diana has had considerable experience in conducting complex discovery and counseling clients about electronic discovery issues. In 2005, she worked with a cutting edge e-discovery consultant to develop discovery preparedness strategies for a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical corporation, developed collection strategies in multinational tort and securities litigations and participated in the development of enhanced online document review tools and algorithm based document review software.

Diana graduated from New York University in 1995, receiving a B.A. in Political Science and Metropolitan Studies. At New York University, she participated in internships at the New York Legal Aid Society and New York City Council Legal Department. Diana received her J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1999. While attending Brooklyn Law School, Diana was awarded the CALI Excellence for the Future Award and Rockwell Memorial Prize in International Law. She was a member of the International Law Journal and served on the editorial board as Associate Managing Editor.

She is admitted to the bar of New York (2000) and is a member of The Association of the Bar of the City of New York and the New York State and American Bar Associations.