SHAPIRO LAW GROUP

What SHAPIRO LAW GROUP does

Shapiro Law Group is a solo-practitioner law firm operating as Eric L. Shapiro, P.C., founded by attorney Eric L. Shapiro in 2002 and headquartered at 6075 Barfield Rd in the Perimeter Mall area of Atlanta, Georgia. The firm employs approximately 16 people and delivers legal services across four practice areas: family law, divorce, business litigation, and personal injury. Family law comprises over 85% of current caseload, making this effectively a family law specialist with adjacent litigation offerings rather than a general-practice firm.

The firm serves individuals and families in the Atlanta metropolitan area, including Alpharetta, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, and Marietta, with its single office location deliberately positioned for convenient access to all four metro-county courts. Customer engagement is direct-to-consumer: prospective clients reach the firm primarily through the website (elslawyer.com), Google reviews, and a prominently advertised free phone consultation. Attorney Eric Shapiro personally staffs cases, supported by a small administrative team, and clients engage on a one-matter-at-a-time basis — there is no subscription, recurring, or volume contract model.

The business model is professional-services billing: clients pay via hourly fees, fixed fees, or contingency arrangements depending on the practice area (contingency being typical for personal injury), with the initial phone consultation offered free as an acquisition touchpoint. The firm is entirely founder-owned and bootstrapped — no external investment, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no franchise or partnership network. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, consistent with a bespoke professional services practice rather than a standardized product offering.

Name

SHAPIRO LAW GROUP

Legal name

Eric L. Shapiro, P.C.

Website

https://elslawyer.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2002

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Shapiro Law Group is a solo-practitioner Atlanta law firm specializing in family law and divorce (85% of practice), with additional practice in business litigation and personal injury for individuals and families across the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Legal Services

NAICS

Offices of Lawyers (54111)

SIC

Services-Legal Services (8111)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAHAAAK

Family & Private Client (Trusts & Estates) Law

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

SECONDARYBPAHAAAM

Personal Injury & Insurance Defense

Business & Public Services/Professional Services (Legal, Accounting, Consulting)/Legal Services

Keywords

• Family law services
• Divorce representation
• Business litigation
• Personal injury law
• Child custody attorney

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Legal Services Fees: Professional legal services billed through hourly fees, fixed fees, or contingency arrangements depending on practice area. Initial consultation is free. Services include family law, divorce, business litigation, and personal injury representation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Shapiro Law Group is a single-location Atlanta-based law firm providing legal representation across four practice areas: family law (prenuptial/postnuptial agreements, paternity actions, guardianship, domestic partnerships), divorce (contested/uncontested, custody, support, property division), business litigation (partnership, employment, franchise, IP, fraud disputes), and personal injury (vehicle accidents, premises liability, defective products). The firm delivers services through attorney-led representation and direct client engagement, serving the Atlanta metropolitan area.

Product overview

Shapiro Law Group is a single-location law firm in Atlanta, Georgia, offering four core legal service areas: Family Law, Divorce, Business Litigation, and Personal Injury. The firm is led by Eric L. Shapiro, an attorney with over 25 years of experience since 1994, primarily serving clients in the Atlanta metropolitan area including Alpharetta, Sandy Springs, Dunwoody, and Marietta. The firm does not operate a software product or platform; these are traditional legal service offerings.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Family Law Services Legal representation in family law matters including prenuptial and postnuptial agreements, paternity or legitimation actions, domestic partnerships, and guardianship cases for individuals and families in the Atlanta metropolitan area.
• Divorce Representation Handling of contested and uncontested divorce cases, including child custody, child support, property division, spousal support, and enforcement or modification of court orders for individuals in the Atlanta area.
• Business Litigation Legal representation in business disputes including employment law disputes, partnership disputes, franchise disputes, breaches of fiduciary duty, intellectual property infringement claims, fraud allegations, and real estate disputes for business owners in the Atlanta area.
• Personal Injury Representation Legal representation for clients injured in car, truck, boat, or motorcycle accidents, due to unsafe premises conditions, or due to defective products, seeking compensation in the Atlanta area.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 25 years of combined litigation experience serving clients
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Rocket Lawyer: Online legal services platform offering subscription-based legal documents and attorney access. Provides low-cost alternatives to traditional family law consultation, competing for price-sensitive clients in the entry tier.
• LegalZoom: Online legal services platform offering document-based divorce and family law products. Not a traditional competitor for contested matters, but competes directly for the simple/uncontested segment at the lower end of Shapiro's funnel.
• Avvo: Online legal directory and attorney marketing platform. Not a legal service provider but a key channel through which prospective family-law clients discover attorneys in the Atlanta metro, comparable to Shapiro's reliance on digital word-of-mouth.

Emerging players

• Ityll Legal: Tech-enabled divorce/family law service startup focused on streamlining and reducing cost for routine family-law matters. Represents the emerging alternative to traditional solo and small family law firms competing on convenience and price.

Direct peers

• Stearns-Montgomery & Proctor: Atlanta-area family law firm serving clients throughout Georgia in divorce, custody, and family-related disputes. Comparable to Shapiro in practice mix and geography, though operating with multiple attorneys.
• Cordell & Cordell: National divorce and family law firm with offices across multiple states including the Southeast, focused on family law representation. Directly comparable to Shapiro's family-law/divorce core practice, including contested divorce, custody, and support matters.
• Meriwether & Tharp LLP: Atlanta-based family law firm operating across Georgia, with deep concentration in divorce, custody, and complex family law matters. Directly comparable product offering and Atlanta metro service area, though larger in scale (multi-attorney firm).

Broad incumbents

• Morgan & Morgan: Large national plaintiff-side firm with a substantial family law and personal injury practice. Overlaps with Shapiro's combined family-law/PI offering but operates at vastly greater scale and with broader service portfolio.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/shapiro-law-group

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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