Rhonda L. Epstein, Esq. is a seasoned litigator with more than 35 years of wide-ranging experience in civil litigation. She concentrates her legal practice primarily in the areas of employment law and housing discrimination. Ms. Epstein is also experienced in various matters involving the directors and officers of cooperatives and condominiums, their board of directors, and property managers.

Ms. Epstein has handled cases arising under federal, state and local discrimination laws including, the Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Section 1981, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Fair Housing Act, and the Family Medical Leave Act, as well as the New York State Executive Law, and the New York City Administrative Code. She has litigated all phases of these matters from inception through appeal in both the federal and state courts. Ms. Epstein has regularly appeared before administrative agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the New York State Division of Human Rights and the New York City Commission on Human Rights. Additionally, she has participated in union arbitrations conducted under the auspices of the Realty Advisory Board.

Ms. Epstein also has expertise and deep experience in defending claims stemming from the business judgment of corporate boards including housing cooperatives, condominiums, homeowner associations and not-for-profit organizations, litigating disputes involving the rights and powers of boards to control policy, hold corporate elections, enforce bylaws and lease provisions, and litigating disputes with sponsors and holders of unsold shares. She is a member of the New York City Bar Co-op and Condo Committee.

Ms. Epstein is a longtime proponent of Alternative Dispute Resolution and for the second year in a row, was voted a Top 10 Arbitrator in the 2023 New York Law Journal “Best Of” survey. As a litigator, she has mediated hundreds of cases in federal court, EEOC, and private mediation. In 2021 and 2019, Ms. Epstein was sworn in as a mediator to both the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York and the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York respectively. She is also an affiliate member of the New York City Bar Association Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee and is a volunteer mediator with the EEOC. Prior to joining NAM as a neutral, she served as a Supervising Attorney for a prominent New York law firm and as an in-house counsel for the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies. In that role, Ms. Epstein supervised attorneys and a support staff with a combined caseload of more than two hundred files annually.

Ms. Epstein is available to mediate and arbitrate employment, housing, and co-op and condo matters throughout the New York Metro area.