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Elaine M. Epstein came to Todd & Weld LLP in 1994 to direct the firm's Domestic Relations and Probate Litigation practices with Attorney Gary Owen Todd, areas to which she now brings three decades of experience. As a partner at Todd & Weld LLP, Ms. Epstein has seen the tremendous growth of these practice areas and the firm's success in its focused team approach to evaluating and successfully resolving a broad array of complex issues.

Ms. Epstein has tried dozens of cases in the Probate & Family Courts and resolved hundreds more short of trial, ranging from substantial asset divisions to contested parental rights and novel issues involving the property rights of non-married cohabitants and the rights of non-biological parents. She has litigated complex jurisdictional issues and actions involving numerous cutting edge issues in the Probate & Family, Superior, Federal and Appellate Courts.

Elaine Epstein has a long history of involvement in activities designed to both promote and educate attorneys, and to further public understanding of the law and ethical issues. A past President of the Massachusetts Bar Association, and a founder and first President of the Massachusetts Women's Bar Association, she has been appointed by the Supreme Judicial Court to the Board of Bar Overseers, its Advisory Committee on the Rules of Professional Conduct and the Massachusetts IOLTA Committee. She has chaired and served on numerous other bar related committees and endeavors over the years and is a frequent lecturer and commentator in all areas of domestic relations and probate litigation law.

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"Trying Divorce Cases"

Practice Areas

Appellate Practice
Domestic Relations
Probate and Fiduciary Litigation

Bar Admissions

Massachusetts (1977)

Maine (1977)

United States District Court, Massachusetts (1977)

United States Court of Appeals, 1st Circuit (2000)

United States Supreme Court (2002)

Education

Northeastern University School of Law, J.D. (1976)

Yale University, M.A. (1972)

University of Pennsylvania, B.A. (1968)

Background

Todd & Weld LLP, 1994 to present

LoDolce & Epstein, Brockton, Massachusetts, 1978-1994

Law Office of P.J. Piscitelli, Brockton, Massachusetts, 1975-1978

Professional Activities

Massachusetts Bar Association President, 1992-1993

Women's Bar Association President, 1979-1980

Board of Bar Overseers, 1984-1988

Trustee, Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 1992-1993

Board of Editors, Lawyers Weekly, 1994-1998

Supreme Judicial Court Advisory Committee on Rules of Professional Conduct, 1995-2008

Massachusetts IOLTA Committee, 1996-2006

American Bar Association House of Delegates, 1991-1995

Probate and Family Inns of Court, Massachusetts Chapter Member, American, Massachusetts, Boston, Women's, Norfolk and Plymouth County Bar Associations

Member, Massachusetts Bar Association Centennial Commission, 2010

Publications/Lectures

Contributor to Breaking Barriers: The Unfinished Story of Women Lawyers and Judges in Massachusetts, published by MCLE, Inc. (2012): Chapter 7: "Building a Legal Community: Bar Leaders."

Frequent lecturer for Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, Massachusetts Bar Association, Boston Bar Association and other continuing legal education programs. Topics include: Trying Domestic Relations Cases; Examining Experts; Valuing Retirement and Business Assets; Trust, Inherited and Gifted Property Issues in Divorce; International Custody Issues; Interstate and International Jurisdictional Issues; Same Sex Marriage and Divorce; Non-Traditional Families; and Ethical Issues.

Contributing Editor, "Ethical Lawyering in Massachusetts," Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2000, 2007.

Contributing Editor, "Fiduciary Litigation in the Probate and Family Courts," Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education, 2006.

Awards/Achievements

Selected for inclusion in the 2012 edition of The Best Lawyers in America in the specialty of Family Law. Ms. Epstein has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America since 2003.

Named as one of “Boston's Best Lawyers" in Family Law in a special supplement to The Boston Globe, 2010, 2011, 2012.

Selected for inclusion in the 2012 Boston Globe edition of “Boston's Best Lawyers” in Family Law (first publication in 2008 to present).

Recognized as a "Massachusetts Super Lawyer" in Family Law in 2004-2012 editions of Boston Magazine (first published in 2004).

Recognized as a “Top 50 Female Massachusetts Super Lawyer" in 2004 edition of Boston Magazine

Women's Bar Association, Leila Robinson Award, 1999, in recognition of outstanding accomplishments and contributions to women in the legal profession

Named as one of the 10 Most Powerful Women in Boston by The Boston Globe, 1994.

2002 to present, Martindale-Hubbell, longstanding AV (pre-eminent) rating

Distinguished Service and Gold Medal Awards, Plymouth County Bar Association 1992/1993

Civic & Charitable Involvement

Trustee, Massachusetts Bar Foundation, 1994-1998 and Oliver Wendell Holmes Charter Fellow

Sustaining Member, Women's Bar Foundation

Fellow, American Bar Foundation

Lawyer of the Day Program, Plymouth Probate and Family Court, 1994 to 2007.

Pro bono representation in a variety of domestic relations and related cases

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