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Creative, insightful and dynamic, Joe Epstein brings over 30 years of experience, high energy and a proactive approach to mediation. Having heard over 3500 ADR cases, Joe is regularly asked to handle complex cases requiring his unique communication skills, his analytical insight, intuitive style, and perseverance. |
JOE EPSTEIN
A Vice President of the International Academy of Mediators, Joe Epstein has developed an inter-mountain and national mediation practice focused on high value and multi-party cases. Joe utilizes special people skills and a willingness to be daring in order to skillfully bring parties to closure. The unique people skills and the precise analytical skills he brought to his litigation practice are among the skills he brings to his ADR practice. Joe utilizes a proactive ADR style and individualized case design. While pragmatic and closure conscious, Joe will muster the time and energy required to connect with parties in conflict. His talent has been recognized by his peers who regularly rated him as one of Colorado's top attorneys/mediators. (Colorado Super Lawyer and Best Lawyers in America).
MEDIATION FOCUS
Mr. Epstein's mediation focus is on complex multi-party cases, including the following areas: |
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Business
Catastrophic Injuries
Construction Defect
Employment
Insurance Bad Faith
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Legal Malpractice
Medical Malpractice
Products Liability
Securities Fraud
Transportation
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EXPERIENCE
Joe has authored numerous articles and given numerous speeches on mediation, professional liability, trial tactics, evidence and disabilities law. Joe focuses his inter-mountain and national practice on catastrophic injuries, product liability and professional liability cases. He is also asked to mediate employment, construction defect, insurance bad faith, securities fraud, and complex commercial cases. Joe has facilitated mediation programs for groups such as the Arizona Bar Association, the Arizona Trial Lawyers Association, the Colorado Bar Association, the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association, the Colorado Defense Lawyers Association, the Wyoming Trial Lawyers Association, the Wyoming Defense Lawyers Association, the Utah Trial Lawyers Association, the American Trucking Association and the International Academy of Mediators. |
PROFESSIONAL AND GOVERNMENTAL POSITIONS
Joe has served as President of the Colorado Trial Lawyer's Association, as a Board Member of Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, as a Trustee in Bankruptcy, as an Assistant United States Attorney, a special Assistant Attorney General, and as a Governor of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America. Joe has served on the Judicial Nominating Commission for the 18th Judicial District, on the Colorado Health Facilities Advisory-Counsel, and on the Governor's Civil Justice Task Force. Joe served as Vice-President of the Colorado Association of Retarded Citizens, as counsel for the Jefferson County Mental Health Center, the Southwest Denver Mental Health Center, the Colorado Dental Society, and the Colorado Psychiatric Society. He has also served on the adjunct faculty for the University of Denver teaching Trial Tactics, Negotiation and Mediation, and Health Care Mediation. |
PUBLICATIONS
Joe has recently authorized the following articles on mediation:
"Top Ten Barriers to Dispute Resolution"
"The Powers of Psychodynamics..."
"Mediating Wrongful Death Cases"
"Co-Mediation"
"Proactive ADR"
"Green Eggs and Ham..."
"What Mediators Really Want to Hear"
"Sun Tzu's Tips on Effective Mediation"
"Effective Mediation for Employment Cases"
"Mediating High Value Cases Effectively"
"Native American Wisdom..."
"Guidelines for Effective Mediation..."
"Mediating Guardianship Issues"
"Pre-Litigation and Early Dispute Resolution"
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EDUCATION
A graduate of New York University School of Law, Joe's ADR training has been at Harvard University School of Public Health, the Strauss School of Dispute Resolution at Pepperdine University and CDR Associates. Joe is a member of the Trucking Lawyers Association, the International Academy of Mediators, the Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, and Arapahoe Bar Associations. He is also a member of the Colorado, Arizona, and Utah Trial Lawyers Associations. Finally, he is a member of AAJ (American Association for Justice) and PJF (Public Justice Foundation).
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5445 DTC Parkway, Ste 770 Greenwood Village, CO 80111-3045 * (303) 355-2314 * Fax: 303-388-3420
Offices in Scottsdale, AZ, Pasadena, CA, Salt Lake City, UT, Naples, FL, Portland, ME, Troy, MI and Atlanta, GA
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