Dena Elaine Epstein is a lawyer practicing advice and counsel, disability, leave and health management, litigation and 3 other areas of law. Dena received a B.A. degree from Indiana University in 1991, and has been licensed for 31 years. Dena practices at Jackson Lewis P.C. in Berkeley Heights, NJ.
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Firm InformationPositionAttorneyFirm NameJackson Lewis P.C.
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Representative Cases & TransactionsCasesRepresentative Experience: Dena was lead counsel in Ras Sheppard v. City of Newark, et al., a racial harassment claim, in which the jury returned a no liability verdict after a one month trial. She also was successful, after a three day mini-trial, in obtaining a contempt ruling in Gonzalez
Tapanes Foods, Inc. v. Grullon, et al., when the defendants violated a temporary restraining order. Dena successfully argued before the New Jersey Supreme Court in Roa v. Roa, 200 N.J. 555 (2010) the scope of the continuing violations doctrine
the court addressed for the first time the parameters of post-employment retaliation under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination.
Experience
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Bar Admission & MembershipsAdmissions1995, New Jersey
1995, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
1997, New York
2006, U.S. Court of Appeals, Third Circuit
2012, US. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York
MembershipsProfessional Associations and Activities
•American Bar Association
•New York State Bar Association -
Education & CertificationsLaw SchoolSeton Hall University School of Law
Class of 1995
J.D.
Other EducationIndiana University
Class of 1991
B.A.
Psychology and Sociology
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Personal Details & HistoryAgeBorn in 1969
1969
Dena Elaine Epstein
200 Connell Drive, Suite 2000Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922U.S.A.
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