Background
Eppenstein, Theodore G. was born on April 30, 1946 in New York City. Son of Kurt and Rita (Gainsburg) Eppenstein.
Eppenstein, Theodore G. was born on April 30, 1946 in New York City. Son of Kurt and Rita (Gainsburg) Eppenstein.
State University of New York at Stony Brook (Bachelor of Arts, 1968). St. John's University (Juris Doctor, 1973).
Shearson v. McMahon, 482 United States. 220 (1987); Cowen & Company v. Anderson, 76 N.Y.2d 318 (1990); Sioufi v. Merrill Lynch, Wall St. J., June 8, 1994, at C 6.Worked at Eppenstein and Eppenstein (New York, NY) specializing in Securities Fraud and Commodities Litigation and Arbitration, Constitutional, International, Intellectual Property. Admitted to the bar, 1974, New York. 1975, United States. District Court, Eastern and Southern Districts of New York and United States.
Court of Appeals, Second Circuit. 1978, United States. Supreme Court. Recipient, Distinguished Alumni Award, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1991.
Inductee, Hall of Fame, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1994. Author: Article, "Procedural Techniques for Customers in Securities Fraud Matters," Prentice Hall, 1989. Article, "Securities Fraud Disputes - Considerations and Strategies For Claimant's Counsel," N.Y. Institute of Finance, 1988.
Co-Author: "Prosecuting Unsuitability Claims," American Bar Association Securities Arbitration Deskbook, 1997. "Guidelines for Effective Arbitrator Selection," Securities Arbitration, PLI, 1996. "Dirty Tricks in Arbitration-Part II," PIABA Conference, 1996.
"Ethical Considerations and Professionalism in Arbitration, Some Practical Situations and Solutions When Respondents' Counsel Play Dirty - Part I," PIABA Conference, 1995. "Gathering Evidence for Use in Securities Arbitrations," American Arbitration Association, May 1992. "Broker-Dealer Ruling Bucks Arbitration Trend," Legal Times, June 9, 1986.
Panelist: "Ethical Considerations and Professionalism in Arbitration," Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association Conference, 1995. "Arbitration Are Changes Needed?" 70th Annual Conference North American Securities Administrators' Association, 1987. Testimony: United States.
House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Telecommunication and Finance, Legislation to Reform The Federal Securities Laws and Arbitration Procedures, 1988. United States. House of Representatives, Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Legislation to Reform RICO, 1987. Speaker: N.A.S.D. Arbitration Policy Task Force, 1995.
New York Stock Exchange Symposium on Arbitration in the Securities Industry, 1994. "Securities Arbitration Update," Prentice Hall L. & Bus., 1989. "Arbitration Day, A Perspective From the Securities Bar," American Arbitration Association, 1989.
New York Institute of Finance, Securities Arbitration, 1988. New York County Lawyers Association, Securities Litigation and Arbitration, 1988. Faculty: Securities Arbitration, Practising Law Institute, L.A. & N.Y., 1996.
"Dirty Tricks in Arbitration & Claimant's Counter Strategies," Public Investors Arbitration Bar Association Conference, 1996. AAA, Training Seminar for Securities Arbitrators, 1993. AAA, Arbitration Day, Discovery in Securities Arbitration from the Perspective of Investors' Counsel, 1992.
American Bar Association-ALI 8th Annual Southern Securities Institute, 1988. AAA, Arbitration Day: Effective Arbitration Advocacy, 1988. Speaker: New York Institute of Finance, Securities Arbitration, 1988.
New York County Lawyers Association, Securities Litigation and Arbitration, 1988. Member, AAA: Securities Arbitration Rules Task Force, 1991-1993. Securities Advisory Committee, 1993.
President's Intercollegiate Athletics Advisory Committee, State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1993. Member: American Bar Association. The Association of Trial Lawyers of America.
Commissioner New York Lawyers Basketball, New York City, 1976. Witness judiciary subcommittee United States House of Representatives, Washington, 1987, telecommunication and finance committee, Washington, 1988. Judge semifinals Irving Kaufman Securities Law Moot Court, Fordham Law School, 1987.
Member American Bar Association (panelist), New York State Trial Lawyers Association, Southern Securities Conference, American Lawyers' Institute.
Married Madelaine Birenbach. Children: Rebecca Kaye, David.