Shandor graduated from Emory University School of Law in 1990 and Gerry Spence's Trial Lawyers College in 1994, and has defended criminal cases for over thirty years. In 2005, he became a founding member of the law firm of Moriarity & Badaruddin, PLLC. Since that time he has represented plaintiffs in civil actions and defended criminal cases in state and federal trial and appellate courts in Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Georgia, Illinois, and Nevada.