Andrew D. ("Drew") Epstein is a partner in the firm of Barker, Epstein & Loscocco, a full-service Boston, Massachusetts law firm.
Drew represents hundreds of design and image professionals especially photographers, illustrators, design firms, advertising agencies, museums and other individuals and businesses involved in photography, art, illustration, and imaging. Drew also has an extensive knowledge of antiques and regularly represents antique dealers, appraisers and auctioneers. In addition to general business law and litigation, Drew's practice focuses on copyright, trademark, contracts and licensing issues.
Drew is an accomplished trial attorney with over three decades of successful jury and non-jury trial and appellate court experience in both Massachusetts and Federal courts. Drew has successfully represented clients in a wide variety of cases, including multi-million dollar personal injury actions, $1.1 million for copyright infringement, and $1.2 million for damaging several works of art.
He is a former president and long-time member of the Board of Directors of the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, an influential photographic arts organization, and he is a corporator and former member of the Board of Trustees of the Griffin Museum in Winchester, Massachusetts.
Drew was an adjunct professor at Boston University for six years where he taught Legal Issues for Arts Administrators in the graduate school Arts Administration Program. Drew has been a frequent guest lecturer to academic, professional, business and legal groups on copyright and trademark law, art law and general business law. He writes frequently on copyright law, contract law and legal and business issues for photographers and artists. Drew was awarded the first annual Attorney of the Year Award by the Massachusetts Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in 2002.
Education
JD, Boston University School of Law
BA, Boston University
Bar Admissions
1972, Massachusetts
1974, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
1992, U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Recent Appellate Decisions
Hayuk v. Urban Outfitters, 2010 WL 3655630 (D. Mass. 2010)
Fitzgerald v. CBS Broadcasting, Inc., 491 F.Supp.2d 177 (Mass. 2007)
Cipes v. Mikasa, Inc., 379 F.Supp.2d 84 (D. Mass. 2005)
439 F. 3d 52 (1st Cir. 2006)
Phillips v. Pembroke Real Estate, Inc., 288 F.Supp.2d 89 (D. Mass. 2003)
443 Mass. 110 (2004)
459 F.3d 128 (1st Cir. 2006)
Bruce v. Weekly World News, Inc., 150 F.Supp.2d 313 (D. Mass 2001)
203 F.R.D. 51 (D. Mass. 2001)
301 F. 3d 25 (1st Circ. 2002)
Matthews v. Freedman, 157 F.3d 25 (1st Cir. 1998)Ed
Author
Recipient
Certificate of Appreciation for dedication and assistance to the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts project of the Boston Bar Association, 1993
Featured in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
"Shutterbug Lawyer Keeps Photographer's Lives in Focus" 23 M.L.W. 2442, August 14, 1995; Section B, page 1
Memberships & Associations
Speaking Engagements
Drew is a guest lecturer to academic, professional and legal groups on copyright law, art law and general business law including:
Drew represents hundreds of design and image professionals especially photographers, illustrators, design firms, advertising agencies, museums and other individuals and businesses involved in photography, art, illustration, and imaging. Drew also has an extensive knowledge of antiques and regularly represents antique dealers, appraisers and auctioneers. In addition to general business law and litigation, Drew's practice focuses on copyright, trademark, contracts and licensing issues.
Drew is an accomplished trial attorney with over three decades of successful jury and non-jury trial and appellate court experience in both Massachusetts and Federal courts. Drew has successfully represented clients in a wide variety of cases, including multi-million dollar personal injury actions, $1.1 million for copyright infringement, and $1.2 million for damaging several works of art.
He is a former president and long-time member of the Board of Directors of the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University, an influential photographic arts organization, and he is a corporator and former member of the Board of Trustees of the Griffin Museum in Winchester, Massachusetts.
Drew was an adjunct professor at Boston University for six years where he taught Legal Issues for Arts Administrators in the graduate school Arts Administration Program. Drew has been a frequent guest lecturer to academic, professional, business and legal groups on copyright and trademark law, art law and general business law. He writes frequently on copyright law, contract law and legal and business issues for photographers and artists. Drew was awarded the first annual Attorney of the Year Award by the Massachusetts Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts in 2002.
Education
JD, Boston University School of Law
BA, Boston University
Bar Admissions
1972, Massachusetts
1974, U.S. District Court, District of Massachusetts
1992, U.S. Court of Federal Claims.
Recent Appellate Decisions
Hayuk v. Urban Outfitters, 2010 WL 3655630 (D. Mass. 2010)
Fitzgerald v. CBS Broadcasting, Inc., 491 F.Supp.2d 177 (Mass. 2007)
Cipes v. Mikasa, Inc., 379 F.Supp.2d 84 (D. Mass. 2005)
439 F. 3d 52 (1st Cir. 2006)
Phillips v. Pembroke Real Estate, Inc., 288 F.Supp.2d 89 (D. Mass. 2003)
443 Mass. 110 (2004)
459 F.3d 128 (1st Cir. 2006)
Bruce v. Weekly World News, Inc., 150 F.Supp.2d 313 (D. Mass 2001)
203 F.R.D. 51 (D. Mass. 2001)
301 F. 3d 25 (1st Circ. 2002)
Matthews v. Freedman, 157 F.3d 25 (1st Cir. 1998)Ed
Author
- "Contracts for Photographers," Representing Artists and Nonprofit Creative Arts Organizations (96-04.16)
- "Legal and Business Issues for Photographers and Artists," Lawyering for the Arts (94-04.23)
- "Copyright Protection for Photographers and Graphic Artists," Lawyering for the Arts, Volume II (93-11.06)
- "Photography and the Law", Lawyering for the Arts (91-11.09)
Recipient
Certificate of Appreciation for dedication and assistance to the Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts project of the Boston Bar Association, 1993
Featured in Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly
"Shutterbug Lawyer Keeps Photographer's Lives in Focus" 23 M.L.W. 2442, August 14, 1995; Section B, page 1
Memberships & Associations
- President, Griffin Museum of Photography Board of Directors
- Member [President (1990-1995)] Board of Directors of the Photographic Resource Center at Boston University
- Member, Copyright Society of the U.S.A.
- Board of Advisors, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts, Inc.
- American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP)
Speaking Engagements
Drew is a guest lecturer to academic, professional and legal groups on copyright law, art law and general business law including:
- Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education
- Boston Bar Association
- New York Bar Association
- Philadelphia Bar Association
- Copyright Society of the USA
- Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts of Massachusetts
- Tufts University
- Boston College School of Law
- Boston University School of Law
- Harvard University Law School
- Suffolk University Law School
- Massachusetts College of Art
- Art Institute of Boston
- Rhode Island School of Design
- New England School of Photography
- American Society of Media Photographers
- National Press Photographers Association
- Arts for Americans
