Firm Attorneys:
Jules Epstein
Jules Epstein was a partner in the firm until 2006. Now
Associate Professor at Widener University School of Law, Delaware, he remains
of counsel. Professor Epstein concentrates on state and federal criminal
defense, consulting on criminal trial issues and handling criminal appeals
and post-conviction cases.
Professor Epstein has authored or revised numerous chapters on criminal law and practice for the Matthew Bender
publishing company, including materials on the insanity defense; the defense and prosecution of forcible rape and
child sexual assault cases; the defense of homicide cases; law and practice in identification cases; and the defense
of narcotics cases. He has taught for the National Institute of Trial Advocacy and at various Pennsylvania Bar Institute
and Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers seminars, particularly in the areas of capital case representation;
evidence; the law and practice in identification cases; and the law governing interrogations and the admission of
police-elicited statements.
His work outside of the firm includes the following:
- Faculty for the National Judicial College (training Judges across the United States)
- Member of the National Institute of Justice, Workgroup on Forensic DNA for Officers of the
Court designing training material for DNA evidence, both scientific and legal, and training judges
and lawyers nationwide on the forensic use of DNA evidence.
- Member of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute committee revising the Pennsylvania
Suggested Standard Jury Instructions
Criminal Member of
the Pennsylvania Commission on Wrongful Convictions
.
Contact Jules Epstein at jepstein@krlawphila.com |
