Jason C. Rubinstein
Jason C. Rubinstein represents plaintiffs and defendants in complex business and financial litigation and arbitration, in matters involving a broad spectrum of issues and claims, including common law and securities fraud, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, legal malpractice, employment disputes, and antitrust law violations.
Mr. Rubinstein's recent matters include:
- Defending a prominent distressed-debt and special-situations fund in an arbitration brought by a former senior employee challenging the enforceability of its retention compensation arrangements;
- Representing a major wireless services provider in antitrust litigation arising from an alleged price-fixing cartel in LCD panels;
- Defending an indenture trustee against claims for breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, and RICO liability relating to its sale of certain CDO assets;
- Defending a special servicer of commercial mortgage loans in a state-court action challenging its acceleration of a mortgage loan and assessment of default interest and late fees;
- Obtaining the pre-discovery dismissal of all claims against two senior executives of a collateral manager alleged to have participated in a scheme to defraud a secondary-market CDO investor; and
- Representing a commercial bank in federal court garnishment proceedings.
Mr. Rubinstein graduated summa cum laude from Dartmouth College in 2000 with a degree in government. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and also was named a Rufus Choate Scholar, a distinction awarded to the top 5% of the class. In 2003, Mr. Rubinstein received his J.D. cum laude from Harvard Law School. After law school, Mr. Rubinstein served as a law clerk to The Honorable Albert M. Rosenblatt of the New York Court of Appeals from 2003 to 2005.
He is a member of the New York City Bar Association and serves on its Standing Committee on LGBT Rights. Mr. Rubinstein previously practiced at Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP.
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