Hon. Anthony C. Epstein has been an associate judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia since 2008. He currently serves as Deputy Presiding Judge of the Civil Division and previously served in the Criminal Division and the Family Court.

Judge Epstein is a member of the Advisory Committee on Judicial Conduct for the D.C. Courts. He serves on three Superior Court committees: the Committee on Superior Court Rules; the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules; and the Jury Instructions Committee. Judge Epstein served on the D.C. Court of Appeals' Committee on Unauthorized Practice of Law from 1998 to 2008.

After completing a federal clerkship, Judge Epstein worked in the U.S. Department of Justice for three years. Judge Epstein entered private practice in 1981 and represented a wide range of clients in a wide range of civil and criminal litigation in state and federal courts around the country and before federal agencies. From 1999 until his appointment to the bench, Judge Epstein was a partner with the law firm of Steptoe & Johnson, and he practiced with Jenner & Block before that. Throughout his career as an attorney, he made a substantial commitment to pro bono work, and he has worked as a judge to improve access to justice.  

Judge Epstein received his undergraduate degree from Yale College in 1974 and his law degree from Yale Law School in 1977.  He previously served as a law clerk to the Honorable Charles B. Renfrew of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.