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NEWS AT EPSTEIN, SHAPIRO & EPSTEIN
Phyllis Horn Epstein, co- chair of the Pennsylvania
Bar Association’s Commission on Women in the Profession, chaired a conference
on November 16 and 17 at University Park, jointly sponsored by the Penn State
Smeal College of Business which was also attended by students at the Penn State
Dickenson Law School and the Smeal College MBA women. The program featured
three CLE panels titled, “In-House Counsel” exploring a variety of issues from
the perspective of in-house counsel, corporate counsel in private firms and
business leaders; “Financial Aspects of Law and Business. Understanding and
Interpreting Financial Statements: What is that Company really worth?” and
“Lifecycle of a Small and Solo Law Firm and Business.” Ms. Epstein was
recently appointed to a term on the PBA House of Delegates.
Phyllis Horn Epstein, a shareholder in Epstein, Shapiro & Epstein, P.C.,
has been elected as Co-Chair of the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Commission
on Women in the Profession.
Phyllis Horn Epstein, author of “Women-At-Law: Lessons Learned Along the
Pathways of Success”, published by the ABA Law Practice Management
Section, spoke on “Alternative Careers in Law: Opportunity or Exploitation” at
The Thirteenth Annual CLE Conference “Update for Feminist Law Professors”
held at the University of Pennsylvania Law School on February 11, 2006.
On April 20-22, 2005, at the invitation of the Chief Judge, both J. Earl
Epstein and Phyllis Horn Epstein participated in the Judicial Conference of the
United States Tax Court held at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington,
Pennsylvania.
Phyllis and Earl Epstein were featured in an article in the February, 2005
issue of the American Bar Association Journal called “Law &
Marriage” discussing the benefits and pitfalls of husbands and wives
practicing law as partners.
Earl Epstein was named as a Pennsylvania “Super Lawyer” for 2005 in the Tax
category by Law and Politics, published by Philadelphia Magazine. Pennsylvania
Super Lawyers are chosen by a blue ribbon panel from lawyers nominated by
ballots from Pennsylvania attorneys who are asked to make their nominations
only from those they had personally observed in action.
In June, 2004 the American Bar Association Press released a new book authored
by Phyllis Horn Epstein, Women-at-Law: Lessons Learned Along the Pathways to
Success, after interviewing over 100 women lawyers of all ages in a wide
variety of practice settings nationwide to discover how women today are meeting
the challenges of competing in an often all-consuming profession without
sacrificing their desire for a multidimensional life. Ms. Epsteins’ book is now
on the shelves of dozens of law libraries around the country and in a number of
foreign countries and was a finalist for Book of the Year in the Career
category by Foreward Magazine. It is available through the American Bar
Association, at bookstores nationwide, and at Amazon. To order through the
American Bar Association please click on the book below.
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Ms. Epstein has been invited to speak about her book at various meetings around
the country, including the Woman’s Bar Association of New Hampshire, as well as
in Philadelphia. A second printing is now under discussion.
On June 8, 2005 Phyllis Epstein was guest speaker at a seminar for flextime
lawyers, entitled Women in Law and in the Mommy Wars.
On March 23, 2005 Ms. Epstein conducted a seminar on Life Long Learning at
Temple University’s Ambler Campus and will be continuing her speaking
engagements as a guest speaker with Flextime Lawyers and will also speak on tax
and ethical issues relating to divorce settlements as a part of the Continuing
Legal Education program “Equitable Distributions in Divorce Settlements in
Pennsylvania; Valuation, Tax and Other Issues” sponsored by the National
Business Institute.
On December 1, 2004 Phyllis Horn Epstein and J. Earl Epstein presented a
continuing legal education seminar on “Women, the Workplace, and the
Law”, hosted by Gratz College.
On October 5, 2004 Phyllis Horn Epstein spoke to the Womens MBA Association of
the Smeal College of Business Administration of the Pennsylvania State
University about her book, Women-at-Law: Lessons Learned Along the Pathways of
Success and its application to all women professionals.
On September 14, 2004 Phyllis Horn Epstein spoke on Ethical Considerations and
tax matters relating to pension plans and Qualified Domestic Relation Orders in
Pennsylvania divorces as a part of the continuing legal education seminar
“Once of Prevention, Pound of Cure: Critical Financial Mistakes Made in
Divorce in Pennsylvania,” sponsored by the National Business Institute.
In May, 2004 Phyllis Horn Epstein was elected as Secretary of the Pennsylvania
Bar Associations' Commission on Women in the Profession and was reelected for a
second term in May, 2005.
On April 23-25, 2003, at the invitation of the Chief Judge, both J. Earl
Epstein and Phyllis Horn Epstein participated in the Judicial Conference of the
United States Tax Court held at the Nemacolin Woodlands Resort in Farmington,
Pennsylvania. Among the items on the agenda were discussions about New Laws on
Corporate Governance, Use of E-mail and Other Electronic Evidence in tax
matters, Ethical Considerations in Settlements, and Legislative and Regulatory
Developments in Corporate Tax Shelters. Both Earl and Phyllis Epstein are
heavily involved in representing clients in Federal Tax controversies, both
before the Internal Revenue Service and in the courts.
On January 21, 2003 Phyllis Horn Epstein spoke on “Forensic Accounting
and Valuation Issues in Divorce Matters” at a seminar on “Complex
Divorce Issues for the Pennsylvania Practitioner”, a Continuing Legal
Education program sponsored by the National Business Institute. Ms. Epstein
maintains a busy practice in divorce matters which involve the discovery and
valuation of business assets.
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