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Richard H. Epstein: Lawyer with Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.

Richard H. Epstein

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Newark,  NJ  U.S.A.
Phone(973) 643-5372

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Practice Areas

  • Complex Commercial Litigation
  • Banking Litigation
 
University Brandeis University, B.A., magna cum laude, 1986
 
Law SchoolNew York University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 1989 Order of the Coif
 
Admitted1989, New Jersey; 1990, New York; 1989, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey; 1992, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York; 1992, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York; 1993, U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit; 1997, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit; 1999, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Wisconsin; 2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit; 2011, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit
 
BornElizabeth, New Jersey, August 10, 1964
 
Biography

Richard H. Epstein is General Counsel of the Firm and Vice-Chairman of the Firm's Litigation Department. He represents Fortune 500 corporations and banks in litigation involving complex commercial issues, including lender liability and construction litigation, in Federal and State courts. Mr. Epstein was previously associated with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he was a senior litigation associate specializing in complex commercial litigation.

Mr. Epstein is a member of the Firm's Management Committee as well as the Firm's Litigation Committee.

Affiliations

Member, American Bar Association

Member, New York State Bar Association

Member, New Jersey Bar Association

Member of the Board of Trustees, Child's Way Jewish Montessori School

Executive Vice President and Member of the Board of Trustees, Congregation Shomrei Emunah

Authored Articles

1/1/2012, Richard H. Epstein - The New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act Has Limits In Commercial Transactions

10/3/2011, Richard H. Epstein - Why a Non-Solicitation Provision May Not Protect You from Losing Customers (and What You Can Do About It)

11/22/2010, Richard H. Epstein - Fighting Off Demands for Adequate Assurances

7/1/2010, Richard H. Epstein - How to Rebuff Lender Liability Lawsuits

Related Press Releases

4/17/2006, New Jersey Appellate Court Affirms Finding that Investment Banker Alfred C. Eckert, III Engaged in Bad Faith and Willful Misconduct and Is Barred from Receiving $2.7 Million

Relevant News

8/2/2004, Joseph L. Buckley/ Richard H. Epstein/ Jonathan S. Jemison - $6.3 Judgment Upheld

1/12/2004, Joseph L. Buckley/Richard H. Epstein - $6.3 Million Awarded in Legal Fees and Expenses

Relevant Events

5/13/2010, Peter G. Verniero, Richard H. Epstein, James M. Hirschhorn, Arlene Elgart Mirsky - NYCLE/NJCLE - Walking the Tightrope of Professional Responsibility for Corporate Counsel

9/2/2009, Richard H. Epstein - NYCLE - Timekeeping for Attorneys

11/26/2007, Lawrence S. Horn/ Richard H. Epstein - NYCLE - An Ethics Primer

12/16/2005, Richard H. Epstein - Association of Corporate Counsel - Greater New York Chapter - Annual Ethics Marathon

4/14/2004, Lawrence S. Horn/ Richard H. Epstein - NYCLE - An Ethics Primer

7/12/2001, Lawrence S. Horn/ Richard H. Epstein - NYCLE - An Ethics Primer

Relevant Representative Decisions

8/26/2011, EMC Corporation v. Emanuel Arturi, et al., 655 F.3rd 75; 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 17834 (3d. Cir. 2011)

12/15/2010, EMC Corporation v. Emanuel Arturi, et al., 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 132621 (D. Mass. 2010)

11/19/2008, DialAmerica Marketing, Inc, v. Citicorp Credit Services, Inc., 2008 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 3039

6/27/2008, National Elevator Cab & Door Corp. v. H & B, Inc., 2008 U.S. App. Lexis 13644 (2d Cir. 2008)

1/24/2008, National Elevator Cab & Door Corp. v. H & B, Inc., 2008 WL 207843 (E.D.N.Y. 2008)

1/4/2005, Salovaara v. Eckert, 2005 WL 41560 (N.Y. Sup.), 2005 N.Y. Slip Op. 50010 (U)

12/27/2004, Gardner v. Bank of America Nat. Trust and Savings Ass'n, 2004 WL 5211176 (N.J.Super.A.D.)

5/25/2004, Salovaara v. Eckert, 2004 N.J. Super. LEXIS 497

12/22/2003, Salovaara v. SSP Advisors, L.P., et al., 2003 WL 23190391 (Del. Ch. 2003)(affirmed, 2004 WL 1737103 (Del. Supr.))

1/13/2003, Salovaara v. Eckert, 2003 WL 23517124 (N.J. Ch. 2003)

9/24/2002, Salovaara v. Eckert, 2002 WL 32396171 (N.J. Ch. 2002)

Elliott Associates, L.P. v. The Republic of Peru, 948 F. Supp. 1203 (S.D.N.Y. 1996)

The Rockport Co., Inc. v. Deer Stages, Inc., 65 F.Supp.2d 189 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)

Abbate v. DMR Trecom, Inc., 1999 WL 673341 (S.D.N.Y. 1999)

Elliott Associates, L.P. v. The Republic of Peru, 176 F.R.D. 93 and 961 F.Supp. 83 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)

In re Bell Communications Research, Inc., 1997 WL 16747 (S.D.N.Y. 1997)

 
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Richard H. Epstein
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
One Riverfront Plaza
Newark, NJ 07102-5400




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