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Phyllis and Earl Epstein as featured in "Law and Marriage", February, 2005 issue of the American Bar Association Journal |
NEWS AT EPSTEIN, SHAPIRO & EPSTEIN
Phyllis Horn Epstein was appointed to the Executive Council of the Business Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association starting January 2012.
Phyllis Horn Epstein was appointed to the Executive Council of the Individual and Family Tax Section of the Tax Section of the American Bar Association.
Ms. Epstein is a contributor the The Road to Independence published in 2011 by the ABA Commission on Women in the Profession which charts the careers of 101 women attorneys who started their own law firms.
June 2011 --
Ms. Epstein was elected Treasurer of the 27,000 member Pennsylvania Bar Association at its annual meeting in Philadelphia on May 6, 2011.
Ms. Epstein participated as a speaker at the Powerful Women Paving the Way Conference held April 15, 2011 at the Penn State University Smeal College of Business on employment and equity issues facing women in the workplace. The conference is a professional development opportunity for students, teachers and alumni. For students the conference is an opportunity to interact with other successful alumni and connect with the next generation of women leaders
Ms. Epstein participated as a speaker and course planner for the Seminar "LLCs: From Formation to Special Uses" for the National Business Institute this past December 7, 2010. Her presentation included a discussion of complex tax issues affecting the use of LLCs.
Spring 2010 -- Phyllis Horn Epstein was named as a Vision 2020 Ambassador to participate in a decade-long national project inspired by the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution granting the right of suffrage to women. The goal of Vision 2020 is to move toward gender equality and to inspire new generations of leadership.
She has also been named editor of the newsletter for the Business Law Section of the Philadelphia Bar Association
On October 22, 2009, Phyllis Horn Epstein spoke in Philadelphia at the 10th Annual
Characteristics of Successful Women sponsored by the Pennsylvania Institute
of Certified Public Accountants.
Phyllis Horn Epstein, co- chair of the Pennsylvania
Bar Associations 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.
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 Womans 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 Universitys 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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