Epstein Becker & Green, P.C., also known as “Epstein Becker Green,” 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[1] and one of the top 10 U.S. employment law firms by number of lawyers.[2] Epstein Becker Green serves clients in the health, financial services, and hospitality industries, among others.
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Epstein Becker Green provides advice and counsel to clients in the following areas of practice:
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, corporate services, and employee benefits and established offices in 10 U.S. cities.
Epstein Becker Green is a founding member of the International Lawyers Network (ILN), an association of over 90 law firms with more than 5,000 attorneys worldwide.[3] The ILN provides Epstein Becker Green attorneys with direct access to legal services in 66 countries, thus enabling the firm to serve clients internationally.
Epstein Becker Green has an office in each of the following locations:
Epstein Becker Green is the only law firm to rank in the top 20 in 2009 surveys of both law firm client service and diversity.[11]
Epstein Becker Green’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 Epstein Becker Green’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.[12]