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Movers & Shakers
Flaster/Greenberg PC has announced that attorneys John W. Fried and Lee M. Epstein, formerly name partners of Fried & Epstein LLP, have joined the firm as shareholders effective Jan. 1, 2013.
Fried, who will work in Flaster/Greenberg's New York offices, is a member of the Insurance Coverage Counseling and Litigation for Policyholders Practice Group, and serves as head of the White Collar Criminal Defense Practice Group. His civil practice is devoted to representing policyholders in complex business-related insurance coverage disputes, involving general liability, property, directors and officers, errors and omissions, professional liability and other types of business-related insurance policies. He also represents individuals seeking insurance recoveries pursuant to disability, life and health insurance policies. Fried's criminal defense practice involves representing business organizations and individuals who may be or who are the subjects of criminal investigations and/or prosecutions. In addition to expanding the Insurance Coverage Practice, the firm will add a White Collar Criminal Defense Practice, headed by Fried.
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