Barry D. Epstein was born in New York, New York, on October 27, 1940. After being admitted to the New Jersey State Bar Association and the Federal District Court for the State of New Jersey in October 1965, he has engaged in private practice with an emphasis in the areas of civil litigation.
During the past forty-eight years, he has represented various victims in matters including medical malpractice, products liability, and personal injury claims. He has also handled numerous real estate and business transactions and employment matters as they relate to litigation.
Mr. Epstein was admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court in 1971 and the United States Tax Court in 1983, the Third Court of Appeals in 2007 and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in 2012.
Mr. Epstein received his B.A. from Clark University in 1962, and his J.D. from Rutgers University in 1965. He has lectured on the following topics:
• Moderator and Speaker, Tort Law Conference, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2006-2018
• “How to Try a Medical Malpractice Case,” Institute for Continuing Legal Education, April 7, 1990, June 23, 1990
• “Hot Tips in Tort Law V, Battered Woman’s Syndrome,” Institute for Continuing Legal Education, October, 1994
• Effective Use of Demonstrative Evidence
Mr. Epstein has been designated as a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the Supreme Court of New Jersey since 1984, and formerly served as a panel arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and the Bergen County District for Fee Arbitration.
He is a faculty member of the Institute of Continuing Legal Education of the State of New Jersey, served on the Supreme Court Committee on Differentiated Case Management and was liaison to the same committee of the New Jersey State Bar Association. He was appointed Master of the Pashman Inn Court of Bergen County for the 1990-92 course and has served as a guest lecturer at Rutgers University Law School, Newark, New Jersey, and Seton Hall University. Mr. Epstein has participated in numerous ICLE programs, most recently being the moderator/reporter of the annual Tort Law Conference from 2007 through 2018. In addition, he has obtained a number of awards in excess of $1,000,000 and is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum.
Mr. Epstein has been recognized as one of the top ten leaders in personal injury and trial lawyers in Northern New Jersey.
Certified Legal Specialties
• Certified Civil Trial Attorney, Supreme Court of New Jersey, Board on Trial Attorney Certification, 1984-present
Representative Cases
• Eyoma v. Falco, 247 N.J. Super. 435 (App. Div. 1991)
• Sporn v. Celebrity, Inc., 129 N.J. Super. 449 (Law Div. 1974)
• Darrow v. Hanover Twp., 58 N.J. 410 (1971)
• State v. Manning, 146 N.J. Super. 589 (App. Div. 1977)
• Izhaky v. Jamesway Corp., 195 N.J. Super. 103 (App. Div. 1984)
• Magripilis v. Mr. Bar-B-Q, 196 N.J. Super. 238 (Law Div. 1984)
• State v. J & J Painting, 167 N.J. Super. 384 (1979)
• Berkowitz v. Power/Mate Corp., 135 N.J. Super. 36 (Ch. Div. 1975)
• Annunziata v. Prudential Ins., 260 N.J. Super. 210 (Law Div. 1992)
• Cusseaux v. Pickett, 279 N.J. Super. 335 (Law Div. 1995)
• New Jersey Coalition of Health Care Professionals, Inc. v. New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance, 323 N.J. Super. 207 (App. Div. 1999)
• Mody v. Brooks, N.J. Superior Court (App. Div. 2001)
Classes/Seminars
• Moderator and Speaker, Tort Law Conference, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 2006-2018
• Lecturer, “How to Try a Medical Malpractice Case”, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 04/07/1990 to 04/07/1990
• Lecturer, “How to Try a Medical Malpractice Case”, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 06/23/1990 to 06/23/1990
• “Hot Tips in Tort Law V, Battered Woman’s Syndrome”, Institute for Continuing Legal Education, 1994 to 1994
• Effective Use of Demonstrative Evidence
Honors And Awards
• Named as one of the Top 100 Lawyers in New Jersey in New Jersey Monthly Magazine 2005 through 2016, 2018 and 2020
• Fellow, American Bar Association Foundation
• Award of Professionalism, New Jersey State Bar
• Professional Lawyer of the Year Award (Bergen County) from N.J.
• Commission on Professionalism (September 2002)
• Lawyer Achievement Award from Bergen County Bar Foundation (September 2003)
• Listed as one of Bergen’s Top Lawyers in 201 Magazine for commercial litigation (2011 and 2012)
• Listed in Ten Leaders program for trial and personal injury law, northern New Jersey
Professional Associations And Memberships
• Member of Bergen County Bar Association: 1968-present
- President: 1987-88, Trustee: 1978-81, Officer: 1981-87;
- Formerly Member or Chairman of Lawyers Referral Panel, Advisory Committee on Differentiated Case Management, Judicial Selection, Bench Bar Liaison Committee; and served on Judicial and Prosecutorial Appointments Committee, New Jersey State Bar Association, 2002-2008.
• President, New Jersey State Bar Association: May 2000 to May 2001.
• President of the Association of County Bar Presidents: 1988-89
• Member of the New Jersey State Bar Association: 1965-present
- Trustee: 1990-94
• Member Bergen County District Fee Arbitration Committee, 1978-1982
- Formerly. Court arbitrator for personal injury and automobile claims heard in Superior Court of New Jersey
• Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
• Member, New Jersey Supreme Court, Committee for Evaluation of Differentiated Case •Management
• Member, American Bar Association Foundation
• Committee for Evaluation of Differentiated Case Management, New Jersey Supreme Court
