Epstein Becker & Green
Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., also known as “EpsteinBeckerGreen,” is a 10-office law firm with more than 35 years of experience in health care and labor issues. It is one of the largest health care law firms in the United States and one of the top 10 U.S. employment law firms by number of lawyers. EpsteinBeckerGreen serves clients in the health, financial services, hospitality, and energy industries, among others.
Practice areas
EpsteinBeckerGreen provides advice and counsel to clients in the following areas of practice:
- Health Care and Life Sciences
- Labor and Employment
- Litigation
- Real Estate
- Business Law
- Employee Benefits
- Immigration
History
In October 1973, Washington, D.C., lawyer Steven B. Epstein and one of his childhood friends, New York lawyer Jeffrey H. Becker, formed a firm, “Epstein & Becker,” focusing on health care law. Ronald M. Green, a New York labor lawyer and a friend of Mr. Becker, realized that health care law and labor law were “inherently synergistic practices,” and in August 1978, Mr. Green joined the firm to build its Labor and Employment practice and his surname was added to the firm’s name. The firm eventually incorporated and became “Epstein Becker & Green, P.C.” As the firm grew in size, it added capabilities in litigation, real estate, business law, employee benefits, and immigration and established offices in 10 U.S. cities.
International work
EpsteinBeckerGreen is a founding member of the International Lawyers Network (ILN), an association of over 90 law firms with more than 5,000 attorneys worldwide. The ILN provides EpsteinBeckerGreen attorneys with direct access to legal services in 66 countries, thus enabling the firm to serve clients internationally.
Locations
EpsteinBeckerGreen has an office in each of the following locations:
- Atlanta
- Boston
- Chicago
- Houston
- Los Angeles
- New York
- Newark
- San Francisco
- Stamford
- Washington, D.C.
Recognition and rankings
- Recognized by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business for excellence in 10 practice areas; 26 EpsteinBeckerGreen lawyers were ranked as “Leaders in Their Field” (June 2010)
- Nominated for a 2010 Chambers USA Award for Excellence in the “Healthcare” category (March 2010)
- Ranked 16th among law firms nationwide for outstanding client service in the ninth annual “Client Service A-Team” report issued by BTI Consulting Group Inc. (Nov. 2009)
- Ranked 8th among the 200 largest law firms in the United States for its percentage of women attorneys and among the top 10 for the percentage of women in the partnership ranks in the American Lawyer’s inaugural “Women in Law Firms” study (June 2009)
- Ranked 6th in the nation for the highest percentage of minority partners and 17th for its combination of minority partners and overall minority attorneys in the Minority Law Journal’s 2009 “Diversity Scorecard” (May 2009)
- Ranked 16th among law firms in the nation for the high representation of women among its partners in The National Law Journal’s 2009 survey of the 250 largest U.S. law firms (Nov. 2009)
- Named one of 23 law firms that are “The Best” for women’s advancement in a survey conducted by the Project for Attorney Retention (April 2010)
EpsteinBeckerGreen is the only law firm to rank in the top 20 in 2009 surveys of both law firm client service and diversity.
Pro bono and community service
EpsteinBeckerGreen’s national pro bono policy encourages all of its attorneys to undertake pro bono projects, both on their own and through structured pro bono opportunities made available by the firm and through partnerships with other organizations. Representative pro bono work includes children's issues, helping the homeless, community-based projects, immigration/international matters, diversity, litigation, domestic violence cases, veterans' rights matters, health care policy and access issues. Many of EpsteinBeckerGreen’s attorneys serve on governing boards of charitable, educational and other not-for-profit organizations. The firm’s offices often partner with area schools to provide basic legal education in the classroom and to support community schools through fundraising and other activities.