As an associate in the Firm’s Business Group, Mr. Shames concentrates his practice on general corporate matters.  He is a recent graduate of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law and was a summer associate at Cohen & Grigsby. 

Bar Admissions

• Pennsylvania

Education

• J.D., (magna cum laude; Editor-in-Chief, Law Review; CALI Awards; Dean’s Scholarship; Senior Editor, JURIST; Legal Writing Teaching Assistant), University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 2005
• B.A., American Civilization major, English minor, (Faculty Club Student Manager), University of Pennsylvania, 1990

Seminars & Speeches

• Student Note Congress Opts Out of Canning Spam published in University of Pittsburgh Law Review, Volume 66, Issue 2 (66 U. P. H. L. Rev. 385)

Prior Experience

• Summer Associate, Cohen & Grigsby, 2004
• Research Assistant, Professor Teresa Brostoff, University of Pittsburgh, 2003-2004
• Research Assistant, Professor Bernard Hibbitts, University of Pittsburgh, 2004
• Internet Consultant, 2001-2002
• Vice President, Interactive Ensemble, Inc., 1997-2001
• Programmer, Digital Mystix, 1997
• Project Manager, ShokT Internet Productions, 1996-1997
• Administrator/Developer, Excite, Inc. (formerly Go Media, Inc.), 1994-1996