Richard H. Epstein
Recognized since 2014
Newark, New Jersey
Practice Areas
Commercial Litigation
Litigation - Banking and Finance
Richard H. Epstein is Deputy Managing Partner of Sills Cummis & Gross and Co-Chair of the Firm’s Litigation Department, which received the Benchmark Litigation award for “New Jersey Firm of the Year” for eight consecutive years (2024-2017), and was named the New Jersey Law Journal “General Litigation Department of the Year, Midsize” in 2023, 2020, 2019 and 2016. See Award Methodology. No aspect of this advertisement has been approved by the Supreme Court of New Jersey. He is lead counsel to Fortune 500 corporations and financial institutions in litigation involving complex commercial issues, including business tort and lender liability. He regularly appears in federal and state courts in various jurisdictions. Mr. Epstein also counsels the Firm and clients on legal ethics issues. Mr. Epstein was previously associated with Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, where he was a senior litigation associate focusing on complex commercial litigation.
Contact & Links
Location
- The Legal Center
One Riverfront Plaza
Newark, NJ 07102
Education
- New York University, J.D., graduated 1989
- Brandeis University, B.A.
Bar Admissions
- New Jersey, New Jersey
- New York, New York
Sills Cummis & Gross P.C.
Headquarters:
Newark, New Jersey
53 The Best Lawyers in America® awards
11 Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America awards
Recognized in The Best Lawyers in America® 2025 for work in:
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
Special Focus:
- COVID-19
Additional Areas of Practice:
- Litigation - Trusts and Estates
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