• Appellate (criminal and civil)
• Administrative and public law
• Competition and consumer law
• Criminal law (including regulatory and white collar crime)
• Disciplinary proceedings
• Equity, commercial and contracts law
• International and human rights law
• Regulatory law (including civil penalty matters)
• Taxation law
• Work health and safety

Talia Epstein has a diverse legal background with experience in civil litigation and criminal law, and has practised both domestically and internationally. Ms Epstein accepts briefs in a broad range of matters, including commercial law, criminal law and regulatory matters. She has particular expertise in white collar crime (including offences under the Commonwealth Criminal Code and the Corporations Act) and regulatory prosecutions.

Ms Epstein was admitted to practice in 2009 and called to the Bar in 2017. She is also admitted to practice in New York State. Earlier in her career, she worked as Associate to Justice Jacobson in the Federal Court. Prior to coming to the Bar, she practised in New York at the Manhattan District Attorney's Office, where she was involved in prosecuting the Office's largest ever fraud investigation which culminated in the arrest and prosecution of over 100 former New York public officials. Ms Epstein has also practised as a solicitor in NSW and lectured at the University of New South Wales. She has also worked at international organisations including the International Criminal Court in The Hague, and Human Rights Watch in New York.

Ms Epstein holds a Bachelor of Laws with First Class Honours from UNSW and a Masters of Law from Columbia University, where she was a James Kent Scholar, the highest class of honours. She was the recipient of the Ludlows Award for the highest overall score in the February 2017 NSW bar examinations. 

For a list of Ms Epstein’s cases, please see her CV.
 
Select recent cases include: 

• Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Shi [2021] HCA 22 (privilege against self-incrimination in freezing order applications) (led by S White SC for the appellant)
• Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions v Citigroup Global Markets Australia Pty Limited (No 1 – Indictment) [2021] FCA 757 (prosecution of ANZ, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup under the criminal cartel provisions of the Competition and Consumer Act) (led by S Dowling SC for the prosecutor)
• Epic Games, Inc v Google LLC (Service Out of Jurisdiction) [2021] FCA 666 (service outside the jurisdic-tion for claim of misuse of market power) (led by N Young QC, N De Young QC, D Tynan and A d’Arville for Epic)
• Lacey (a pseudonym) v Attorney-General (NSW) [2021] NSWCA 27 (application of Aboriginal customary law to Local and Children’s Court procedures) (led by C Ronalds SC)
• Pipeclay Lawson Ltd v Brand Ventures Pty [2021] NSWSC 909 (commercial tenancy dispute) (led by S White SC)
• Huynh v R [2021] NSWCCA 148 (stated case – powers of the District Court on appeals from Local Court, including consideration of federal jurisdiction) (led by S Dowling SC)
• Gould v R; R v Gould [2021] NSWCCA 92 (appeal against conviction; Crown and offender sentence appeals) (led by J Single SC for the Crown). Followed District Court trial on charges of perverting the course of justice in Federal Court taxation proceedings Hua Wang Bank Berhad v Commissioner of Taxation (led by J Single SC)
• R v Sigalla [2021] NSWCCA 22; 357 FLR 148; R v Sigalla (No 2) [2021] NSWCCA 151 (appeal against conviction - offences of dishonestly using position as director under s 184(2) of the Corporations Act) (led by T McDonald SC)
• State of New South Wales v Kiskonen (Preliminary) [2021] NSWSC 915 (application for an interim order under the Terrorism High Risk Offenders Act) (led by J Emmett SC)
• Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Shi [2020] FCAFC 100; 380 ALR 226 (interpretation of scope of privilege against self-incrimination in s 128A of the Evidence Act) (led by S White SC)
• R v Young [2020] QCA 3 (insolvent trading and fraud charges arising from Kleenmaid corporate collapse) (led by W Abraham QC)
• Hackett (a pseudonym) v Secretary, Department of Communities and Justice [2020] NSWCA 83; 379 ALR 248 (appeal from adoption order) (led by M England)
• Smiths Detection (Australia) Pty Ltd v Basham & Ors [2020] NSWSC 500 (employment restraint & application to strike out defence on grounds of abuse of process) (led by J Clarke SC and Y Shariff)
• Huang v Deputy Commissioner of Taxation (No 2) [2020] FCAFC 160 (costs) (unled)
• Sullivan v Director of Public Prosecutions (NSW) [2020] NSWSC 253 (appeal and judicial review of conviction) (unled)
• Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety – Hearing into the response to COVID-19 in aged care (August 2020), appeared for Anglicare
• Almona Pty Ltd v Parklea Corporation Pty Ltd [2019] NSWSC 1868 (breach of mortgagee’s duty of sale) (led by N Hutley SC and E Hyde)
• Castagna v R; Agius v R [2019] NSWCCA 114; 278 A Crim R 194; 109 ATR 830 (tax fraud) (led by T Game SC and S White SC for the appellant)
• Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Ausmart Services Pty Ltd [2018] FCA 1912; Deputy Commissioner of Taxation v Shi [2018] FCA 1915 (freezing orders and appointment of provisional liquidators) (led by S White SC)
• Attorney General (NSW) v Gatsby; Attorney General (NSW) v Johnson (2018) 99 NSWLR 1; [2018] NSWCA 254 (constitutional law, status of NCAT) (led by Solicitor General S Donohue SC and C Lenehan)