Steven D. Rubin

Steven D. Rubin is certified in real estate law and condominium and planned development law by the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education (1995) and he has been a member of the Florida Bar since 1981. Mr. Rubin  served as Chair of the Palm Beach County Bar Association Real Estate Continuing Legal Education Committee from 1997 to 2010 and as Chair of the Florida Bar Real Estate Certification Committee (2007-08). He served as a member of the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education from 2012 to 2018, and as its Chair from July 1, 2017 to June 30, 2018. Mr. Rubin is  the Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education's Coordinator for the Certified Lawyers on Call Service,  Former Chair of the ABA Standing Committee on Specialization's Accreditation Review Panel, Former Chair of The Florida Bar 15th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee "E",  and current Vice-Chair of The Florida Bar Clients' Security Fund and member of the Palm Beach County Bar Association Professionalism Committee. 

He represents individuals, corporations, partnerships, national banking associations, limited liability companies, and governmental and other business entities in the following matters:

-Purchase and sale of real estate.
-Real estate development and financing.
-Mortgage and lien foreclosures.
-Evictions and lease negotiations.
-Community association law.
-Governmental regulation of land uses.
-Title insurance and opinions.
-Quiet title actions and partition.
-Secured transactions and replevin.
-Creditors' rights in bankruptcy.
-Formation of business entities.
-Real estate and commercial litigation.
-Land trusts.
-Private land use agreements.
-Wills, trusts and probate.

He has represented clients in multi-million dollar residential and commercial real estate sales and financing transactions, condominium and subdivision development, and litigation involving real estate and commercial matters at both the trial level and on appeal. 

He has lectured  numerous times for the Palm Beach County Bar Association on a variety of real estate related topics. He has also served as special magistrate for the Palm Beach County Value Adjustment Board, Code Enforcement Board, and Collections Court, and as a Civil Traffic Infraction Hearing Officer. In 2005, he was awarded the Palm Beach County Legal Aid Society's And Justice for All Pro Bono Award, and he continues to provide pro bono services as evidenced by the silver and bronze pins awarded to him  by the Florida Supreme Court and his selection in 2023 by the President of the Florida Bar as the annual pro bono award recipient for the 15th Judicial Circuit..  He is a fellow of the Florida Bar Foundation and he mentors young lawyers through The Florida Bar Lawyers Advising Lawyers program and Counsel to Counsel Program