"We consider the legal professionals at SR&F to be trusted business partners and advisors as well as excellent lawyers."

The lawyers at Shapiro, Rodarte & Freedman have added significant value to our company for many years. Through strong and intelligent lawyering, they have helped us recover hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance proceeds, most often without the need for protracted litigation. At the same time, SR&F's lawyers understand that product liability claims as well as other losses can affect a company in a multitude of ways. They have provided us expert service and advice in such complex areas as cash flow analysis and claims management. By virtue of their accessibility and their ability to work cooperatively with us to achieve our corporate objectives, the SR&F team has developed a clear sense of who we are, our business, issues and philosophies. As a result, we consider the legal professionals at SR&F to be trusted business partners and advisors as well as excellent lawyers.

Donald J. Sullivan
Vice President - Risk Management
Baxter International Inc.

"They tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear."

Shapiro, Rodarte & Freedman has served our company skillfully since the law firm's inception. SR&F's lawyers are not only effective litigators and trial lawyers but are trusted counselors as well. They have consistently provided high quality work combined with excellent judgment and common sense, always staying focused on the client's best interests. They also have the ability to communicate straightforward, practical opinions and advice in a prompt, honest and effective manner, even when in-house counsel might be likely to disagree. (They tell you what you need to hear, not what you want to hear.) The firm is among the best at helping a client achieve its objectives.

Donald J. Koprowski
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
Kawasaki Motors Corporation USA

"The SR&F team was able to persuade our carrier (without litigation!) to reverse a coverage position that it had held for many months."

My company first retained Shapiro Rodarte & Freedman on the eve of trial to assist in connection with an insurance coverage dispute that was interfering with the possibility of a settlement. The lawyers at Shapiro, Rodarte & Freedman immediately brought themselves up to speed on the details of the underlying case and worked seamlessly with our defense counsel to facilitate the resolution of the case while protecting our rights vis à vis our insurance carrier. The SR&F team was then able to persuade our carrier (without litigation!) to reverse an adverse coverage position that it had held for many months and provide indemnity and defense cost reimbursement. At every step of the way, SR&F worked closely with our risk manager and me to make sure that our needs and objectives were being met.

Nola Suzanne Dyal
General Counsel, KSL2 Management Operations
former General Counsel, KSL Recreation Corp.