RALEIGH, NC – Steve Epstein, a Partner with the Raleigh office of Poyner Spruill, was recently appointed Chair of the Product Liability Practice Group for the North Carolina Association of Defense Attorneys.
 
Additionally, Epstein has been elected Chairman of the Board of Directors for Community Partnerships, Inc, a non-profit agency in Wake County which serves children and adults with cognitive disabilities. He has been active in the leadership of this organization for several years, and most recently served as its Vice-Chair from 2009 – 2010. He will serve as Chairman for two years.

Epstein's litigation practice is concentrated on product liability, trucking and vehicular accident defense, mass tort defense, plaintiff’s personal injury and wrongful death, complex business litigation, general civil litigation and appeals. He has defended clients in product liability cases in state and federal courts from New York to California and has obtained multiple multi-million dollar verdicts and settlements on behalf of injured plaintiffs. He has been recognized as a North Carolina “Super Lawyer” by Law & Politics and Key Professional Media for litigation defense (2006-10), "Legal Elite" in litigation in Business North Carolina (2008-2009) and one of the “Top Lawyers in the Triangle” in Business Leader (2008). He is also a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America.

Epstein received his BA and JD from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, both with highest honors. He can be reached at sepstein@poynerspruill.com or (919) 783.2846.