Lloyd Epstein
490 West End Avenue, New York, NY 10024
About Lloyd Epstein
Practice Areas
- Criminal Law
Education
- New York University School of Law, New York, New York, 1979J.D.
- Honors: Anne Petluck Poses Prize in Clinical Education
- Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 1974B.A.
- Honors: cum laude
Languages
- Hebrew
- Spanish
Representative Cases
- People v. Burden, 176 AD3d 524 (1st Dept. 2019)(NY) – client’s designation as sex offender overturned and name removed from registry
- People v. Richards, 2017 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 2084 (2d Dept, App. Term)(NY) – overturned conviction that required client’s deportation; client permitted to remain in US
Classes and Seminars
- Federal Defender Service, National Seminar, Persuasive Writing Orlando,Fl, January, 2013; taught three day seminar on memorandum writing
- Ohio State Public Defender Office, Dayton Ohio, Appellate and Trial Advocacy Programs, March, 2016, March 2015, October 2012, March 2012, May, 2010
- Washington State Public Defender Office Seattle, May, 2015; Chelan, Washington, November, 2007 - "Trial Advocacy Training" Conducted three day seminar for criminal defense attorneys and gave lecture, Closing Statements and Story Telling
- Pennsylvania State Public Defender Statewide Training Session Dickenson Law School, Carlisle, PA, March 2011, April 2010, July, 2009, June, 2001, Conducted four day seminar for criminal defense attorneys and lectured on Voir Dire, Opening Statements, Story Telling
- Washington, D.C. Public Defender Service/National Association of Sentencing Advocates Washington D.C., February, 2004 - Conducted three day seminar for attorneys and social workers on contemporary techniques of sentencing advocacy and gave lecture, "The Defense Pre-sentence Report"
- Williams College Williamstown, Mass., January 2004 - conducted seminar for undergraduates on role of "mitigation" in death penalty litigation
- Dade County Public Defender Miami, FL, July, 2003 Conducted three day seminar for attorneys and social workers entitled "Writing Pre-sentence Reports for the Defense"
- National Association of Sentencing Advocates National Conference, Washington, D.C. February, 2002 Conducted three day seminar for social workers entitled "Testifying for Social Workers"
- National Association of Legal Aid and Defender Associations Death Penalty Conference, Washington, D.C., March, 2000 Conducted Seminar: "Investigating Claims of Ineffective Assistance of Counsel"
- New York County Lawyers Association 1995 and 1996 Annual Presentation on Federal Sentencing Guidelines
- Webinar, January, 2017, National Association for Public Defense, “Representing Juveniles Murder Defendants Post-Miller”
Qualifications
Bar Admissions
- New York, 1979
- 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
- U.S. Court of Appeals 2nd Circuit, 1984
Other Affiliations
- National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, 1986 - Present (Member)
- New York State Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys, 1987 - Present (Member)
- Assigned Counsel Plan, First Department (Member, Central Screening Committee (1989-1993, 1997-2006))
Past Positions
- Legal Aid Society/Manhattan Criminal Defense, Division Staff Attorney, 1979 - 1982
- New York Law School, Assistant Clinical Professor/Supervising Attorney of Criminal Defense Clinic, 1982 - 1984
- CUNY Law School, Adjunct Professor of Law, 1986 - 1989
- NY Law School, Adjunct Professor of Law, 1989 - 2009
- Epstein & Weil Founding partner, specializing in criminal trials and appeals In Federal and State Courts, 1985 to present
Fees
- Accepts Credit Cards
Office Info
Other Colleagues
Nearby Lawyers
- Criminal Law
- 1.4 miles away
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