Edward H. Rubenstone

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Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 2, 1946.
Bar Admissions: Pennsylvania Bar (1972); U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (1973); U.S. Supreme Court (1978).
Education: Lafayette College (A.B., with honors, 1968); The Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1972). Staff Editor, American Criminal Law Review, 1970 - 1972.
Law Clerk to Hon. Charles R. Weiner, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1972 - 1973. Adjunct Professor, Rutgers University of Law School, Camden, 1981 - 1991. Adjunct Professor, Temple University School of Law, 1993 - 1996.
Member: Bucks County Bar Association (Member: Board of Directors, 1993 - 1995; Vice President/President-Elect, 1996 - 1997; President, 1997 - 1998), Pennsylvania Bar Association (House of Delegates, 1998 -2008)(Co - Chair: PBA Civil Justice Coalition Task Force, 1999 - 2000)(Special Achievement Award, 2000); Philadelphia Bar Association, American Bar Association, American Trial Lawyers Association; Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association; Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association.

Email: ERubenstone@LammRubenstone.com.

PRACTICE AREAS:
Civil, Commercial, and Complex Personal Injury Litigation; Medical Malpractice; Corporate Representation; Mediation.

Selected Reported Cases:
Flanagan v. U.S., 465 U.S. 259 (1984); U.S. v. Schwartz, 673 F.2d 578 (3d. Cir. 1982); Girard Trust Bank v. Martin, 557 F.2d 386 (3d Cir. 1977); Bacon v. Riva, 1993 WL 4132 (E.D. Pa. 1993); W.W. Mgmt. and Develop. Co. v. Scottsdale Ins. Co., 769 F. Supp. 178 (E.D. Pa. 1991).

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLICATIONS:
Presentations at numerous continuing legal education courses for Pennsylvania Bar Institute and Bucks County Bar Association, including planning and presentation of Civil Litigation Overview, Bucks County Bar Assoc., October, 1994, and Computer Simulations and Current Advances in Demonstrative Trial Evidence, Bucks County Bar Assoc., 1993.
"What Do Changes in PA Medical Malpractice Law Mean To You?" Hospital & Healthcare News, Vol. 12, No. 2, February, 1997.
"Tort Reform May Not Reduce M.D. Liability" Physician's News Digest, February, 1997.

BACKGROUND:
Ed's practice has been marked by broad exposure to and involvement in pre-trial proceedings and trial of federal and state litigation with emphasis on complex civil and commercial litigation; including co-counsel in various complex cases, including federal securities and antitrust class action litigation; Penn Central Reorganization, and related cases; Penn Fruit Reorganization; multi-district federal class-action litigation; state-class action litigation; Fen-Phen Litigation; co-counsel in Havlish v. Bin-Laden litigation on behalf of survivors of decedents of the World Trade Center attacks; representation in appellate matters before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals, the Pennsylvania Superior, Commonwealth, and Supreme Courts, and the United States Supreme Court, including the presentation of oral argument to the U.S. Supreme Court in Flanagan v. U.S., 465 U.S. 259 (1984); general commercial practice including representation of financial institutions, corporations, and individuals in both bankruptcy matters and major financial transactions; defense representation in complex federal criminal cases, including representation of Philadelphia City Council President in U.S. v. Schwartz (Abscam prosecution); representation of local and county municipalities and municipal authorities; extensive trial and appellate practice in tort, contract, plaintiff and defense products liability, and corporate matters; representation of both plaintiffs and defendants in personal injury and medical malpractice litigation, where he has obtained numerous million dollar plus awards; service as a court-appointed mediator for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania for ten (10) years, and as court-appointed arbitrator in both Philadelphia and Bucks Counties for a period in excess of twenty (20) years, appointment to serve as an arbitrator in approximately twenty (20) common law or statutory arbitration proceedings, and appearances as an expert witness in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County.

Ed is 63 years old and a resident of Springfield Township, Montgomery County, PA for 32 years. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he graduated from Central High School and attended Lafayette College, where he majored in English and graduated with Honors in 1968. He obtained his law degree in 1972 from The Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C., where he was an Editor of The American Criminal Law Review. In addition, while in Washington, he worked with the United States Attorney’s Office and as a research Assistant for the U.S. Chiefs of Police Association.

Following graduation, Ed was selected to serve as a law clerk to Judge Charles R. Weiner of the United States District Court in Philadelphia. He then entered private practice, specializing in the area of trial law. From 1973 to 1976 he handled multi-district securities, bankruptcy, and business litigation at David Berger, P.A. From 1976 to 1979, Ed practiced with Wexler, Weisman, Maurer & Forman, P.C., handling bankruptcy and commercial litigation. From 1979 to 1984, Ed practiced in partnership with Richard A. Sprague at the law firm of Sprague & Rubenstone. During those years, he represented many well-known persons, including the then-Mayor of Philadelphia, Frank Rizzo, and then-City Council President George X. Schwartz, a defendant in the ABSCAM case, and was trial and appellate counsel in numerous other civil and criminal cases in both the state and federal courts. In 1983, Ed was afforded the privilege of presenting a case before the United States Supreme Court.

In 1984, Ed became a founding partner of the law firm of Groen, Goldberg & Rubenstone, with offices in Bensalem, PA. Over the years and as a result of a number of personnel changes and mergers, he is now a senior member of Lamm Rubenstone, LLC., with offices in Trevose, PA, Allentown, PA, and Cherry Hill NJ. In his practice, Ed concentrates on litigation, handles a wide-range of civil, commercial, complex personal injury and medical negligence cases, and has represented numerous municipalities and government agencies in a variety of matters.

In addition to the practice of law, Ed served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at Rutgers University Law School-Camden for 10 years, and at Temple University’s School of Law for three years. He has also been active in the Bucks County Bar Association, serving on its Board of Directors, and as Vice-President/President-Elect. In December of 1997, Ed was elected President of the Bucks County Bar Association, a position he held for one year. He is a member of Congregation Adath Jeshurun in Elkins Park, and was a Director of the Congregation for 6 years.

Ed has been married for 35 years to the former Elizabeth Stein, who is the Director of the Medical Skin Care Division At Deme, with offices in Philadelphia and Wayne, Pennsylvania. Ed and Betsy have two children, Michael, 32, and Caren, 30.