Seth J. Rutman

Seth J. Rutman brings considerable civil litigation skills to his position as a Partner at Rafool, LLC.  Rafool, LLC, is located in Miami, Florida, and Mr. Rutman provides representation to people and businesses in Miami-Dade County and other parts of the state. Mr. Rutman has been admitted to practice before all Florida state courts since 2016, and he is additionally admitted to practice in New York and New Jersey as well as before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Mr. Rutman majored in art history at Boston College, receiving a Bachelor of Arts in 2008. He then relocated to New York City for his legal education and enrolled at Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. While he was there, Mr. Rutman served an internship with The Office of the Bronx District Attorney and a judicial externship with a judge on the Kings County Supreme Court before being awarded his Juris Doctor in 2013.

After graduating from law school, Mr. Rutman worked for a New York firm, where he handled personal injury and wrongful death litigation matters such as medical malpractice and nursing home negligence, and he also gained experience in business transactions and commercial lease negotiations. Since moving to Florida and joining Rafool, LLC, in May 2017, he had continued to work on general civil litigation while at the same time handling a variety of family law cases. His work in that regard has encompassed divorce along with the related legal issues of child custody and visitation, the division of marital property, and spousal and child support.