Michael Rubin

mrubin@altshulerberzon.com

Michael Rubin is a partner at Altshuler Berzon LLP. He is a graduate of Brandeis University and the Georgetown University Law Center, where he was an Editor of the Georgetown Law Journal. He served as a law clerk to Justice William J. Brennan, Jr. of the United States Supreme Court during the 1980 Supreme Court Term, and previously clerked for Chief Judge James R. Browning of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Judge Charles B. Renfrew of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. He is a fellow of The College of Labor and Employment Lawyers.

Michael Rubin is a three-time recipient of California Lawyer Magazine’s “California Lawyer of the Year” award, winning once in 2002 (in the Employment Law category) and twice in 2010 (for False Claims Act Litigation and Criminal Law). He was also a 2003 recipient of a “Trial Lawyer of the Year” Award from the Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, for his work on the Saipan sweatshop litigation. He specializes in impact litigation, class actions, and appellate litigation. For the past several years, he has been listed in “The Best Lawyers in America” in the categories of appellate law and labor and employment law, and in the Northern California “Super Lawyers” listings in the areas of appellate practice, labor and employment, and class actions. He has also been listed by Lawdragon Magazine as one of the “Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America,” one of the “Lawdragon 500 Leading Litigators in America,” and one of the “Lawdragon 500 Leading Plaintiffs’ Lawyers in America.” He regularly lectures on developments in California and federal employment law and other topics.