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.