Boutique Lawyer to Argue Insider Trading Case in High Court

By Cameron Finch, Bloomberg BNA

Alexandra A. E. Shapiro will make her oral argument debut when the U.S. Supreme Court considers its first insider trading dispute in almost two decades on Oct. 5.

Shapiro, who clerked for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and has argued in all but three federal appeals courts, is no stranger to the Supreme Court, appellate argument or insider trading cases.

Her securities law work has played a pivotal role in narrowing the scope of insider trading prosecution, starting with the overturning of a computer company executive’s conviction more than a decade ago. In the years since, ...