Jon A. Epstein

Mr. Epstein is a 23-year attorney, practicing primarily on civil litigation and media law matters. He handles all types of civil litigation matters and has significant experience in media and publication tort litigation as well as insurance, professional liability, commercial, products liability and securities litigation matters.  Mr. Epstein has successfully defended insurance companies and insurance agents, realtors, journalists, securities brokers and other professionals in professional liability litigation. His media clients include television stations, radio stations, newspapers, book publishers and websites developers. Mr. Epstein regularly handles a variety of insurance defense matters including pharmaceutical product, privacy, publication tort, general commercial, securities and childcare liability. He also has experience with directors and officers liability litigation, foreclosures, lender liability and other civil litigation matters. 

In addition, he is a frequent speaker and author regarding Media Law issues, including:

• Speaker "How Social Media Impacts Your Business" Nov. 2011 
• Panel Member, "Working with the Media, Tips for the Practicing Attorney and Ethical Issues When Your Client is a Newsmaker" Oklahoma Bar Association annual convention, Nov. 2010
• Speaker, "The Importance of the First Amendment and the Reporter's Privilege," Oklahoma Scholastic Media/Oklahoma Interscholastic Press Association Fall Media Conference, 2007
• Co-Author, "Recent Developments in Media, Privacy and Defamation Law," ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal (Vol. 41/Issue 2-Winter 2006)
• Co-author: "Recent Developments in Media, Privacy, and Defamation Law" for the Winter 2003 issue of Torts Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal
• Co-author: “Recent Developments in Media Law and Defamation Torts” for the Winter 2001 issue of Torts & Insurance Law Journal

Mr. Epstein has also assisted clients in several well-publicized matters including:

• Serving on a team of litigators in successfully obtaining declaratory and injunctive relief protecting the Constitutional and statutory rights of major mainstream video distributors from unlawful interference by government officials with their distribution of a controversial Academy Award winning movie.
• Served on a team of litigators in successfully defending claims against John Grisham and his publisher arising from the book The Innocent Man, as well as claims arising against the author and publisher of the book The Dreams of Ada.

• Shareholder

• Appellate
• Complex Commercial Litigation
• Computer, Internet & Information Technology
• Financial Services
• Healthcare
• Insurance
• Intellectual Property & Information Technology
• Litigation
• Media
• Oil & Gas
• Products Liability
• Right of Publicity
• SEC Disclosure/Securities Regulation
• Pharmaceutical & Medical Device

• "Jon Epstein Speaks about harassment via Twitter"
• "Jon Epstein interviewed by NPR regarding Twitter"
• "Don't think of it as a tweet; think of it as Exhibit A. Op-ed by Media Attorney Jon Epstein"
• "Jon Epstein addresses reputation-risking social media dangers on KFOR"

• University of Oklahoma College of Law (J.D., 1988)
• University of Texas (B.A. in Psychology, 1985)

• Oklahoma, 1988
• U.S. District Court of the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma
• United States Claims Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
• United States Supreme Court

• Leadership Oklahoma City (Class XVI)
• Executive Board, Secretary, Make A Wish Foundation

• 1992 - Present Hall Estill
• 1988 - 1992 Watson & McKenzie

• American Bar Association
• Oklahoma Bar Association
• Oklahoma County Bar Association
• Media Law Resource Center Media Law Letter Committee
• Approved securities arbitrator for the New York Stock Exchange
• Certified Mediator
• Communications Committee - Oklahoma Bar Association

• Co-author: "Recent Developments in Media Law and Defamation Torts" for the Winter 2001 issue of Torts & Insurance Law Journal
• Co-author: "Recent Developments in Media, Privacy, and Defamation Law" for the Winter 2003 issue of Torts Trial and Insurance Practice Law Journal
• Co-Author, "Recent Developments in Media, Privacy and Defamation Law," ABA Tort Trial & Insurance Practice Law Journal (Vol. 41/Issue 2-Winter 2006)
• Speaker, "The Importance of the First Amendment and the Reporter's Privilege," Oklahoma Scholastic Media/Oklahoma Interscholastic Press Association Fall Media Conference, 2007

Jon A. Epstein

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