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New York NY 10118
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Ms. Rubin is an Associate Attorney with the firm. She graduated from
Fordham University School of Law in 1990, and from New York University
(B.S., 1983). Ms. Rubin is admitted to practice before the Courts of
the State of New York (1991), and to the U.S. District Court for the
Southern and Eastern Districts of New York (1991), the U.S. Courts of
Appeals for the Second Circuit (1991) and the Third Circuit (2003); and
to the U.S. Supreme Court (1997). Ms. Rubin has worked throughout her
career on mass tort, products liability and professional liability
matters, including the defense of a major producer of silicone gel
breast implants and other medical devices, defending asbestos
litigation in New York State and Federal Courts, and assisting in the
oversight of the New York State Blood Products (HIV) litigation as the
Principal Court Attorney to the Honorable Karla Moskowitz, Supreme
Court of the State of New York, New York County. Ms. Rubin has lectured
on appellate practice and procedure for the New York County Lawyers
Association, and on diet drug litigation at the Mealy's Diet Drug
Seminar in Philadelphia (2004). She authored, with ethics expert
Professor Stephen Gillers, the course materials for his lecture
entitled An Attorney's Ethical Obligations Relating to Disclosure of His/Her Health Issues To Clients, Colleagues and the Court, a 1999
continuing legal education seminar jointly sponsored by the Judges and
Lawyers Breast Cancer Alert and the Womens' Bar Association of New
York.
Article:
Pittoni, Luke M., and Rubin, Denise A., Does Early Breast Cancer Diagnosis Affect Cure, Survival? Medical-Legal Aspects of Cancer Litigation, Leader Publ. February 1995.
Practice Areas:
Appellate
and complex litigation; Pharmaceutical and Products Liability, Medical
and other Professional Malpractice; Mass Torts; Environmental (Toxic)
Torts and General Negligence.
Reported Cases:(Numerous reported cases, including the following)
Bhupsingh v. Long Island Cremation, 282 A.D.2d 491 (2d Dep't 2001)
Bongiorno v. Penske Automobile Center, 289 A.D.2d 250 (2d Dep't 2001)
Cives Steel Company v. Unit Builders, Inc., 262 A.D.2d 164 (1st Dep't 1999)
Cohn v. Haddad, 244 A.D.2d 519 (2d Dep't 1997)
Czeisler v. Mears, 259 A.D.2d 278 (1st Dep't 1999)
Farkas v. Saary, 191 A.D.2d 178 (1st Dep't 1993)
Greenfield v. Philles Records, Inc., 243 A.D.2d 353 (1st Dep't 1997)
Greenfield v. Philles Records, Inc., 248 A.D.2d 212 (1st Dep't 1998)
Gumo v. Canzoneri, 263 A.D.2d 456 (2d Dep't 1999)
Gumo v. Incorporated Village of Malverne, 260 A.D.2d 577 (2d Dep't 1999)
In re: Diet Drugs (Phentermine/Fenfluramine/Dexfenfluramine) Products, (numerous):
226 F.R.D. 498 (E.D. Pa. 2005)
369 F.3d 293 (3d Cir. (PA. 2004)
2004 WL 906284 (MDL-1203) (ED Pa., Civ A. 99-20593 Apr. 26, 2004)
2004 WL 286937 (MDL-1203) (ED Pa., Civ A. 99-20593, Feb. 12, 2004)
385 F.3d 386 (3d Cir. (Pa.) 2004
Larson v. Cabrini Medical Center, 175 Misc.2d 573 (Sup. Ct., NY Cty. 1998)
Nealy v. U.S. Healthcare HMO, 93 N.Y.2d 209 (1999)
Romano v. Marks, 231 A.D.2d 563 (2d Dep't 1996)
Sterling v. Interlake Industries, Inc., 154 F.R.D. 579 (E.D.N.Y. 1994)
Whelan by Whelan v. GTE Sylvania Products, Inc., 182 A.D.2d 446 (1st Dep't 1992)
