Shawn Shaffie

Shawn Shaffie is a name partner at Parker Shaffie LLP and his practice involves all aspects of civil litigation, business, insurance, and deal making.  Mr. Shaffie also focuses on professional liability concerning attorneys, accountants and other business professionals. He has favorably resolved numerous multi-million-dollar lawsuits and arbitrations, and has wide-ranging litigation experience in a variety of substantive areas including entertainment, contracts and finance, risk management and loss prevention, insurance, ethics, catastrophic injury, and sober living home malfeasance.Mr. Shaffie is passionate about protecting artists and their imaginations. Within his entertainment law practice, he represents talent in all phases of deal making, contracts and negotiations, as well as litigation arising from such matters.Prior to joining Parker Shaffie LLP, Mr. Shaffie worked at a prominent Hollywood talent agency, clerked for The Alliance of Artists and Recording Companies and served as a member of the University of Maryland Law Clinic, where he provided free legal services to the Baltimore inner-city community.Mr. Shaffie obtained his bachelor’s degree in political science from Johns Hopkins University in 2003 and went on to pursue his master’s in political sociology with an emphasis on new media and communications from the London School of Economics and Political Science. In 2008, he graduated from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. He is admitted to The State Bar of California and the U.S. District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California.A co-chair of the Litigation Section’s Committee on Access to Justice and Civic Engagement of the California Lawyers Association, Mr. Shaffie extends his professional and social services outside of his practice. He is a board member of the Open Immigration Legal Services and a co-chair of the Steering Committee of the Southern California Chapter of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society. In addition, he holds membership in the Santa Monica Bar Association. Owing to his remarkable track record of successful cases and satisfied clients, he has been rated with a perfect score of 10.0 on Avvo and was named a Super Lawyers - Rising Star for eight consecutive years.