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Defense Verdict on Bilateral Amputation Case
RPGRK Partners Steven I. Rubin and Jonathan M. Waldauer, with the assistance of Associate Josephine Accetturi Secure Defense Verdict in Queens County Bilateral Amputation Case On December 4, 2025, in Queens County Supreme Court, RPGRK partners Steven Rubin and...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of RPGRK Client Orthopedic Surgeon
On March 30, 2022, Steve Rubin, assisted by Partner Christina Papadopoulos and Associate Kerrianne Russo, secured a defense verdict in Nassau Supreme on behalf of our client orthopedic surgeon. 28 years old at the time of the alleged malpractice, the plaintiff...
Unanimous Defense Verdict for Nursing Home Operator
Partner Steve Rubin and Associate Jill Greenfield successfully represented a nursing home operator, culminating in a unanimous defense verdict on claims pursuant to Public Health Law § 2801. Plaintiff alleged that defendant's violation of the Public Health Law...

Steven I. Rubin
PARTNER
Steven I. Rubin
PARTNER
After leaving the Law Department in 2003, Steve continued cultivating his litigation skills at a prominent New York City defense firm, where he continued to focus on complex medical malpractice matters. Steve has tried numerous matters to verdict in courts throughout the New York metropolitan area, prevailing in a variety of actions involving allegations of wrongful death, neurologically-impaired infants, failure to timely diagnose claims and other high exposure actions.
Steve is an active member of his community and frequently presents to his clients, including risk managers, hospitals and long-term care facilities on litigation and regulatory matters. He has also lectured before the New York State Supreme Court Judge conferences on evidentiary and legal issues in the medical and professional malpractice arenas.
Steve is a graduate of the University of Virginia School of Law and received his bachelor’s degree from the College of William and Mary. He is admitted to practice before the Courts of the State of New York, as well as various federal courts in the region. Steve is an active member of various bar associations and defense groups, including the Nassau-Suffolk Trial Lawyers’ Association, the New York State Medical Defense Bar Association, and the Defense Research Institute.
Defense Verdict on Bilateral Amputation Case
RPGRK Partners Steven I. Rubin and Jonathan M. Waldauer, with the assistance of Associate Josephine Accetturi Secure Defense Verdict in Queens County Bilateral Amputation Case On December 4, 2025, in Queens County Supreme Court, RPGRK partners Steven Rubin and...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of RPGRK Client Orthopedic Surgeon
On March 30, 2022, Steve Rubin, assisted by Partner Christina Papadopoulos and Associate Kerrianne Russo, secured a defense verdict in Nassau Supreme on behalf of our client orthopedic surgeon. 28 years old at the time of the alleged malpractice, the plaintiff...
Unanimous Defense Verdict for Nursing Home Operator
Partner Steve Rubin and Associate Jill Greenfield successfully represented a nursing home operator, culminating in a unanimous defense verdict on claims pursuant to Public Health Law § 2801. Plaintiff alleged that defendant's violation of the Public Health Law...