Lloyd Epstein
Partner since 1984
Areas of Practice
- Criminal Defense
Litigation Percentage
- 100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1979
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1984
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York, 1983
- U.S. District Court Southern District of New York, 1983
- U.S. District Court Northern District of New York, 2006
Education
- New York University School of Law, New York, New York
- J.D. - 1979
- Honors: Anne Petluck Poses Prize in Clinical Education
- Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
- B.A. (Cum Laude) - 1974
Published Works
- Pleading Guilty or Going to Trial? A Family Affair, The Mouthpiece, November/December, 2002
- Crack Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines Challenged, NYLJ, April 27, 1995
- Choice of Defense and the Attorney Client Privilege, The Champion, November, 1994
- A Crack for the Sentencing Guidelines?, The Mouthpiece, September, October, 1994
Classes/Seminars
- Instructor - Opening Statements and Story Telling, Pennsylvania State Public Defender, 2009
- Instructor - Closing Statements and Story Telling, Washington State Public Defender Office, 2007
- Instructor - The Defense Pre-sentence Report, Washington, D.C. Public Defender Service/National Association of Sentencing Advocates, 2004
- Instructor - Seminar on Role of Mitigation in Death Penalty Litigation, Williams College, 2004
- Instructor - Writing Pre-sentence Reports for the Defense, Dade County Public Defender, 2003
- Instructor - Testifying for Social Workers, National Association of Sentencing Advocates, 2002
- Instructor - Voir Dire and Story Telling, Pennsylvania State Public Defender, 2001
- Instructor - Investigating Claims of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel, National Association of Legal Aid and Defender Associations, 2000
- Instructor - Annual Presentation on Federal Sentencing, New York County Lawyers Association, 1995 - 1996
Professional Associations and Memberships
- National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, Member, 1986 - Present
- New York State Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, Member, 1987 - Present
- Assigned Counsel Plan, First Department, Member, Central Screening Committee (1989-1993, 1997-2006)
Past Employment Positions
- NY Law School, Adjunct Professor of Law, 1989 - 2009
- CUNY Law School, Adjunct Professor of Law, 1986 - 1989
- New York Law School, Assistant Clinical Professor/Supervising Attorney of Criminal Defense Clinic, 1982 - 1984
- Legal Aid Society/Manhattan Criminal Defense, Division Staff Attorney, 1979 - 1982
Languages
- Hebrew
- Spanish
