Areas Of Practice

Alan Epstein serves as the chair of Spector Gadon & Rosen's Employment Law Practice Group, concentrating his practice in civil litigation in state and federal courts nationwide, with special emphasis on litigating claims and giving transactional advice in the areas of employment rights, civil rights, and constitutional torts. He frequently represents corporate employers, corporate executives, broadcast and entertainment personalities, and athletes in connection with the negotiation and drafting of contracts of employment and provides transactional representation and litigates claims relating to termination of employment of highly compensated individuals. He also provides representation to licensed professionals and professional organizations in the many unique problems that arise in the practice of law, medicine, accounting, insurance, real estate, stockbrokerage, pharmacy, and architecture. He is a frequent lecturer in the areas of employment law and professional responsibility, and frequently provides expert advice to and testifies for individuals and entities involved in litigation relating to employment and professional responsibility issues.

In the context of honors and professional association activity, he has been elected to Fellowship in the prestigious College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and selected as one of the Best Lawyers in America® in the publication of that name for over ten years. He has also been awarded the highest peer-reviewed rating (AV) by the nationally recognized peer review publication Matindale Hubbell and he has been selected as a top 100 Philadelphia and Pennsylvania Superlawyer®. Additionally, he has been selected as one of the nation’s Top 500 Litigators and Top 500 Plaintiff’s Lawyers by the publication Lawdragon®. In 2010, he was honored by inclusion on the list of the Lawdragon® 500 Leading Lawyers in America. Finally, he is an active member of the National Employment Lawyers Association, a volunteer mentor for the Employment Litigation Panel of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a leader in the American Inns of Court movement and an active member of national, state and local bar associations.

In the context of significant litigation in the employment law area, he is well known for his participation in high profile litigation for individuals and corporate entities (including the representation of a young, HIV-positive attorney against a prestigious Philadelphia law firm that received national attention because of the award-winning film Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington and daily coverage of the trial by Court TV and Cable News Network) and his frequent representation of local and national sports figures, broadcast personalities, and officers and directors of national corporations who require his services in connection with litigation and negotiation relating to contracts of employment.

He was also the founder and President/CEO of JUDICATE: The National Private Court System, a company coordinating private dispute resolution services for approximately 700 former judges throughout the United States and its territories and frequently lectures in the area of alternative dispute resolution and serves as a mediator and arbitrator by private appointment and through certification by state and federal courts.