Philip Epstein is a partner at Epstein Cole. He writes and lectures extensively on family law and solicitors' negligence topics and is active in many legal associations. He has worked on cases at all levels of court in Ontario, including the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Canada.
In 1998, Philip received the Family Law Excellence Award from the family law section of the Ontario Bar Association. The following year, the Law Society of Upper Canada presented him with the Law Society Medal.
Philip is the Editor-in-Chief of the Reports in Family Law and co-author of Epstein and Madsen's This Week in Family law, published by Carswell. He currently lectures on children's law at the University of Toronto, and is a dispute resolution officer of the Superior Court of Ontario. Philip has been admitted as a mediator/arbitrator member at the ADR Institute of Ontario, Inc. Additionally, he has served as counsel for the Lawyers' Professional Indemnity Company for more than 25 years.
Philip is former chair of the family law section of the Ontario Bar Association, and the former head of the family law section of the LSUC's Bar Admission Course. For many years, he lectured in advanced family law at Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Toronto.
Philip was called to the Bar in 1970, and was appointed Queen's Counsel in 1981. He is a fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, a fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, and served as a bencher with LSUC for close to 15 years.
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