Lee M. Epstein is a civil litigator and trial lawyer. Prior to forming Fried & Epstein LLP, Mr. Epstein was a partner at Anderson Kill & Olick, P.C.

Mr. Epstein concentrates his practice in insurance coverage law. He has a special expertise in securing insurance for environmental, products and professional liabilities and for first-party property and business interruption losses. He currently represents market leaders in the airline, chemical, financial and HVAC&R industries.

Mr. Epstein appeared before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in J.H. France Refractories Co. v. Allstate Ins. Co., 626 A.2d 502 (Pa. 1993), which adopted a continuous trigger of coverage and held that each insurance company on the risk during a continuous course of injury is jointly and severally liable to its policyholder and before the Missouri Supreme Court in Farmland Industries, Inc. v. Republic Ins. Co., 941 S.W.2d 505 (Mo. banc. 1997), which held that environmental clean up costs are insured damages. He also represented the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as amicus curiae, in two cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Federal Ins. Co. v. Susquehanna Broadcasting Co., 928 F.2d 1131 (3d Cir. 1991); Armotek Industries Inc. v. Employers Ins. of Wausau, 952 F.2d 756 (3d Cir. 1991).

Mr. Epstein has written and lectured on a wide variety of insurance topics. He is admitted to practice before the state and federal courts of Pennsylvania and New York and is a member of the American, Pennsylvania and New York Bar Associations.

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