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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)

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