Areas of Practice
- Criminal Trial Practice: State and Federal
- Criminal Appellate Practice: State and Federal
- Defense of Licensed Professionals
Recognitions & Honors
- Super Lawyer in Georgia
- Georgia’s Top Lawyers
- Ten Leaders Award, Criminal Defense Law
Education
- Emory University School of Law, J.D. 1986
- Emory University. B.A. 1982
Robert G. Rubin
Robert G. (Bob) Rubin graduated from Emory University in 1982 and from Emory University School of Law in 1986. For 25 years Bob has defended people accused of crimes in State and Federal Court and both prosecuted and defended licensed professionals before the State Licensing Boards.
Bob began his career as a Fulton County Public Defender before moving to the Georgia Attorney General’s Office where he represented the State Licensing Boards and prosecuted licensed professionals accused of violating the law. In 1991 Bob entered private practice emphasizing criminal defense while also working as a Special Assistant Attorney General prosecuting cases before the State Medical Board.
Bob has represented defendants in a wide variety of criminal cases, including high-profile clients in the “Dunwoody Daycare Murder” case, the Atlanta Public School cheating scandal, and the RICO prosecution of the physician in the so-called “pill mill” case.
In addition to defending people accused of crimes and regulatory offenses, Bob has been extensively involved in the Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers by serving as Chairman of the Lawyers Assistance Committee, helping lawyers charged with contempt, and by serving as Treasurer from 2006-2011.
Bob shares his experience with the legal community as a longtime adjunct professor of Criminal Litigation at Emory University School of Law, a position he has held since 1993. He is also on faculty at the Bill Daniel Trial Advocacy Program, and a frequent lecturer at seminars both nationally and throughout the State of Georgia.
Bob has repeatedly been named a Super Lawyer in Georgia and has been named one of Georgia's Legal Elite by Georgia Trend magazine as well as one of Ten Leaders in Criminal Law by the Ten Leaders Cooperative.
Notable Cases
- Child Sexual Abuse Cases
- Murder / Homicide / Aggravated Assault Cases
- Healthcare Fraud Cases
- Child Physical Abuse / Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
- Fraud Cases
In The News
- Neuman's Lawyers Raise Insanity
- Neuman to Plead Insanity in Dunwoody Day Care Shooting
- APS Principals Deny Cheating
- Rubin Representing Parents in Underage Party Bust
- Rubin Interviewed on Radio Program "American Perspective"
- Accused killer's lawyers are familiar with demanding cases
- Child Molestation Charges Dismissed at Preliminary Hearing
- Georgia Tech Professor Denies Charges
- Hemy Zvi Neuman Indicted by DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office In Dunwoody Day Care Killing Case
- Attorneys Doug Peters and Robert Rubin interviewed on TODAY SHOW about Dunwoody Day Care Killing Case
- Decatur Law Firm Peters, Rubin, & Sheffield Selected as Defense Team for Alleged Shooter in Dunwoody Day Care Killing Case
- Assisted suicide law challenged in state, federal courts
- Rubin, Final Exit argue Georgia suicide law unconstitutional
- Rubin, Final Exit members to ask for dismissal
- Defense of Atlanta Public Schools probe quite unique
- ‘Final Exit' members plead not guilty, claiming law unconstitutional
- Rubin featured in Atlanta magazine piece on Final Exit
- Peters and Rubin present first successful “Sexsomnia” defense in Child Molestation case in Georgia Morgan County Jury takes less than 2 hours to acquit Defendant.
- Defendant acquitted of Child Molestation charges, Community gathers to congratulate defense team led by attorneys Doug Peters and Bob Rubin.
Professional Association Memberships
- Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Treasurer 2005-present
- Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Chairman, Lawyers Assistance Committee, 2001-2004
- Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Chairman, Debra Blum Scholarship Committee, 2005-2008
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Member
- Atlanta Bar Association, Criminal Law Section, Chairman, 1992-1993
- State Bar of Georgia, Correctional Facilities And Services Committee, 1994-2000
- Fulton County Indigent Defense Committee, Chairman, 1997-2004
Teaching Experience
- Emory University School of Law, Adjunct Professor of Criminal Litigation, 1992-present
- National Center for Paralegal Training, Professor, 1991-1996
- Faculty, Bill Daniel Trial Advocacy Program, 2008-present
- Kessler-Eidsen Trial Techniques Program. Emory University School of Law, 1991-present.
Former Positions Held
- Assistant Public Defender, Atlanta Judicial Court, 1987-1989
- Assistant Attorney General, Georgia Attorney General’s Office, 1989-1991
Speaking Engagements
- July, 2011, National Parent's Attorneys Conference; The Intersection of Child Welfare and the Criminal Justice System
- March, 2011, Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Handling of the Child Molestation Case: The First 60 Days
- April 16, 2010, I.C.L.E.; Stopping the Revolving Door: Handling Mental Illness in Criminal Cases
- March 5, 2010, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Defense of the Child Molestation Case in Georgia; Unwinnable Cases: Winning Resolutions
- January 2009, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers Winter Seminar; So The Confession Is Coming In, So What: Building a Defense When Your Client has Admitted the Crime
- April 2008, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers; Georgia’s Sex Offender Registry: Nowhere to Go, Nowhere to Hide
- September 8, 2007, Behavior Medicine Institute: Admissibility of Sex Offender Profile Testing
- October 17, 2005, Georgia Public Defender Standards Council: The Law of Sentencing in Georgia
- April 14, 2004, I.C.L.E.: An Update on the Law Regarding Demurrers and Other Pretrial Motions
- September 7-8, 1999, Georgia Indigent Defense Council: Effective Closing Argument
- January 14, 1999, Advocates for Progress Today: Updating Georgia's Rape Statute
- September 25, 1998, Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Georgia Indigent Defense Council: The Art and Science of Closing Argument
- January 29, 1997, Institute for Paralegal Education: The Paralegal's Role in Criminal Practice
