Steven D. Rubin

Top rated Real Estate attorney in Boca Raton, Florida

Steven D. Rubin, Attorney at Law

Practice areas: Real Estate, Business Litigation, Business & Corporate; view more

Licensed in Florida since: 1981

Education: University of Illinois College of Law

Selected to Super Lawyers: 2015 - 2026

Steven D. Rubin, Attorney at Law

980 N. Federal Highway
Suite 110
Boca Raton, FL 33432 Phone: 561-391-7992 Email: Steven D. Rubin Visit website

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

Practice areas

Real Estate: Consumer, Real Estate: Business, Business Litigation, Business/Corporate

First Admitted: 1981, Florida

Professional Webpage: https://www.rubinlawflorida.com/qualifications/

Bar / Professional Activity

Member, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education (Chair, 2017-18, Vice-Chair, 2016-17), 2018
Mentor, The Florida Bar Counsel to Counsel Program. Mentored an attorney in a program where experienced attorneys mentor attorneys who have recently become members of The Florida Bar, 2025
Vice-Chair, The Florida Bar Clients' Security Fund Committee (2022 - 2026), 2024
Member and Chair, The Florida Bar Grievance Committee 15 "E" (2022 - 2024), 2024
Civil Traffic Infraction Hearing Officer, 15th Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County, Florida., 2020
Member, Palm Beach County Bar Association Professionalism Committee, 2021 - 2026, 2024
Member, American Bar Association Standing Committee on Specialization; Chair, Accreditation Review Panel, 2022
Florida Board of Legal Specialization and Education's Coordinator for Certified Lawyers on Call Service, in conjunction with the Florida Bar Foundation (2018 - ), 2024
Craig S. Barnard Inns of Court, Director and Program Co-Chair, 2006
Chair, Palm Beach County Bar Association Real Estate Law Certification Committee, 1997
Florida Bar Real Estate Certification Committee (Chair 2007-08), 2003

Representative Clients

I was retained as an expert witness in real estate law in a state court action. I testified at a non-jury trial on behalf of the plaintiff about Florida's recording act, what constitutes "notice" under the recording act, and what recorded instruments may slander title. Mid -trial, the case was settled favorably to the Plaintiff., 2024

Special Licenses / Certifications

Board Certified in Real Estate Law by The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education, 1995
Board Certified in Condominium and Planned Development Law by The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education, 2019
Florida Supreme Court Circuit Civil Mediator and Residential Foreclosure Mediator (2010 - 2022), 2022

Pro bono / Community Service

Florida Supreme Court Silver (2014) and Bronze Pin Award(2016) for Pro Bono Service; Justice for All Award, Palm Beach County Legal Aid Society (2005), 2016
Received The Florida Bar President's 2023 Pro Bono Award for the 15th Judicial Circuit., 2023
President, Delray Beach Kiwanis Club, 2022

Honors

Certificate awarded for service as Chair of The Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education Chair (2017 - 2018), The Florida Bar President's Certificate of Meritorious Service, The Florida Bar, 2018
An award given to an attorney who has gone above and beyond the ordinary pro bono contributions expected of an attorney. The award was given because of the various pro bono activities I participated in over the previous several years, including pro bono representation of clients in litgation and transactional matters, campaign for literacy, for the homeless, the Urban League, and others., Justice for All Pro Bono Award, Palm Beach County Legal Aid Society, 2005

Educational Background

Northwestern University, B.A. 1978, with honors in economics, 1978

Scholarly Lectures / Writings

Lecturer, Palm Beach County Bar Association on various areas of real estate law for general, ethics, and real estate certification CLE credits
I was invited to participate and served as a panelist for the Real Estate Law session at the March 7, 2025, Palm Beach County Bar Association Bench Bar Conference. The annual Bench Bar Conference is attended by the County’s Circuit and County Court Judges, representatives of the Clerk’s office, and practicing attorneys. Approximately 500 attorneys, judges, and clerk personnel attended the Conference this year, and attendees received Florida Bar CLE, technology, professionalism, and Certification credits. I spoke primarily about partition actions for heirs property, the disposition of residential and commercial lease security deposits, and the requirements for depositing rents into the registry of the court in residential and commercial eviction proceedings., Panelist, Palm Beach County Bar Association Bench Bar Conference - Real Estate Law, Legal, 2025

Firm News (Newsletters)

Commentary on recent court decisions related to Florida real estate law issued by the Florida and Federal Courts., Case Law Update, Real Estate Related

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