Ron Shapiro

Mr. Shapiro has been called by USA Today "one of baseball's most respected agent-attorneys" and was recently named one of the years "100 most powerful people in sports" by The Sporting News. His impressive list of clients includes five of the "100 greatest major-league baseball players of the 20th century," including Cal Ripken Jr., Kirby Puckett, Eddie Murray, Jim Palmer, Brooks Robinson, as well as Hall of Fame broadcaster Chuck Thompson, and ESPN broadcaster Jon Miller, all of whom benefited from the more than three quarters of a billion dollars in contracts that Mr. Shapiro negotiated. Mr. Shapiro is one of the nation's leading experts on the subject of negotiation and the founder and chairmen of the Shapiro Negotiations Institute. The Institute has trained over 50,000 business people in the art of negotiation, how to deal with difficult personalities, and how to enhance listening skills.