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Prior to his appointment, Commissioner Epps served as general counsel for the Atlantic City Board of Education. In that capacity, he was responsible for drafting and reviewing contracts, bids and proposals for the school board and for handling litigation in the Superior Court, Office of Administrative Law and before the Commissioner of Education. In addition, his responsibilities included ensuring that the board complied with all relevant state statutes. Prior to joining the Board of Education, Commissioner Epps was an associate with the law firms of Horn, Goldberg, Gorney, Plackter, Weiss & Perskie in Atlantic City and the Absecon firm of Savio, Reynolds & Drake.
The first Atlantic City native to serve on the commission, Commissioner Epps, a graduate of Atlantic City High School, earned a Bachelor of Science degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in 1988. He graduated from the Howard University School of Law in 1994 and was admitted to the New Jersey Bar that same year. He is also admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania.
Commissioner Epps is a member of the American, New Jersey and Atlantic County Bar Associations. He serves as a Commissioner on the Atlantic County Utilities Authority, sits on the Advisory Board of the First Tee of Greater Atlantic City, and serves as the Commission’s representative on the board of the Atlantic City Special Improvement District. He is also a member of the Vincent S. Haneman American Inns of Court, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. and legal fraternity Sigma Delta Tau. He currently resides in Galloway Township with his wife and daughter.
