The attorneys at Rubinstein & Associates are dedicated to understanding the needs of our clients so that we can properly draft their wills, trusts and related health care documents, as well as properly administer those wills and trusts when the time comes. We feel that it is important to create personal relationships with our clients so that we can truly understand their wants and needs, which allows us to properly prepare and administer their estates in ways they would want and in accordance with the directions they provide during the planning phase. We handle a variety of residential and commercial real estate matters including the purchases and sales of single family homes, co-op units, condominium units and small apartment buildings, as well as the negotiation and preparation of store and office leases. In addition, we provide legal counselling and representation in the purchase and sale of businesses, as well as business incorporations and other commercial transactions.
Robert J. Rubinstein, a graduate of NYU Law School, has been practicing law in the area of Wills and Trusts, Probate, Estate Administration and Real Estate for over 40 years. Bob began his career as General Counsel to the Department of Development for the City of New York in the housing division. In that capacity he re-shaped much of the City’s planning. Bob is a past President and presently sits on the Board of Directors of the Riverdale Senior Center; is a former Lieutenant Governor and President of the Riverdale chapter of the Kiwanis Club; a past Sr. Vice President of the Neighborhood House; and past President of Riverdale Community Counsel. He was also previously voted Riverdale’s “Man of the Year” and has served on various committees and advised various community groups.
Bob fought for the integration of housing in the Riverdale area and was one of the founders of the Benjamin Franklin Democratic Club. He has lived in Riverdale for over 40 years with his wife, Barbara, and their three children. His father was the first principal of the local Junior High School.
David A. Schwartz-Leeper serves as Counsel to the Firm and has broad experience handling complex commercial litigation matters and counseling individuals and corporate clients, both domestic and international, of all sizes on a wide variety of issues, most recently as Counsel to the pre-eminent international law firm Paul, Weiss, Wharton, Rifkind and Garrison, LLP, where his New York-based practice included a range of matters relating to antitrust, corporate governance, consumer protection, real estate arbitration and energy issues.
For fifteen years prior to that, he was General Counsel and Senior Vice President to The Nielsen Company, where he set and executed the legal agenda for that company's high-profile television ratings business. In that role, he earned a reputation for innovative, results-oriented solutions to complex and often contentious business issues. Prior to Nielsen, David was a partner in the New York office of the international law firm Coudert Brothers, where he had extensive experience in antitrust and other complex commercial litigation. David co-authored Transfer Pricing Under U.S. Law (London: IBC Financial Publishing, 1995) and served on the Editorial Board of the London-based European Competition Law Review, for which he also authored a regular series of articles over several years on U.S. antitrust developments. He received his J.D. from New York University School of Law.