About Charles H.
Charles H. Rubenstein earned his J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law in 1973 after completing an M.A. at Temple University in 1970 and a B.A. at Temple in 1968. Those academic years spanned a time of change in the legal profession, and he moved into practice soon after receiving his law degree.
He began his post-law-school work as a research assistant in 1973, serving Dade County and the American Judicature Society in Coral Gables, Florida. Within a few years he entered private practice. He became a partner in Grossbard, Saunders & Rubenstein, P.A. in 1976, and two years later continued as a partner when the firm reorganized as Grossbard & Rubenstein, P.A. Those partnerships marked decades of courtroom and office work that combined litigation, client counseling and dispute resolution.
Over time Rubenstein expanded his professional roles beyond traditional practice. He became an arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association and has maintained membership there since 1990. The Florida Supreme Court certified him as a mediator for circuit, civil and family matters. He also held volunteer and committee positions in the Broward County Bar Association, serving on its grievance committee in 1999–2000 and again from 2005–2008. He served on the 17th Circuit Fee Arbitration Committee in 2002–2003.
His association memberships track a career that crossed both trial and dispute-resolution arenas. He is listed with the American Bar Association, the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America and the Cuban-American Bar Association. Locally, he has been active in the Broward County Bar Association. His arbitration and mediation work put him before both courts and private parties, and his AAA role underscores experience in administered arbitration.
Rubenstein is admitted to practice in Florida and before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The combination of court admissions, AAA service and state mediator certification positions him to handle matters that move from litigation to alternative dispute resolution. He operates out of Bilingual Mediators, Inc., where he serves as mediator and arbitrator. He currently handles court-referred and private mediation and arbitration matters at Bilingual Mediators, Inc.
