Karen E. Rubin

Practices

• Business Litigation

Professional Experience

Karen is a member of the firm's Business Litigation practice group. She focuses her practice on a wide variety of litigation issues, including contract disputes, fiduciary claims, federal preemption, venue and forum questions and Daubert challenges. In addition, Karen practices, teaches and writes in the area of professional responsibility, including legal malpractice and attorney ethics. She is a member of the Certified Grievance Committee of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and the Legal Ethics and Professional Conduct Committee of the Ohio State Bar Association. Both investigate and prosecute attorney misconduct. Karen is a member of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association and its Women in Law Section.

Education

• Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, J.D., 1985, Cleveland State Law Review, Editor-in-Chief, 1983-1984; Journal of Law and Health, Co-Editor-in-Chief, 1984-1985
• Cleveland State University, B.A., 1981, magna cum laude

• Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association v. Gresley, 2010-Ohio-6208 (2010)
• Valentine v. Conrad, 110 Ohio St. 3d 42, 2006-Ohio-3561 (2006)
• National City Bank v. Noble, 2005 WL 3315034, 2005-Ohio-6484 (8th Dist. App. 2005)
• Mayor v. Ford Motor Co., 2003 WL 21290922, 2003-Ohio-2869 (8th Dist. App. 2003)
• SST Castings, Inc. v. Amana Appliances, Inc., 250 F. Supp. 2d 863 (S.D. Ohio 2002)
• Hahn v. Star Bank, 190 F.3d 708 (6th Cir. 1999)
• Maysom L.P. v. Village of Mayfield, 96 Ohio App. 3d 543, 645 N.E.2d 763 (8th Dist. App. 1994)
• Cejer v. Ashmus, 1994 WL 197227 (8th Dist. App. 1994)
• DePalma v. Mercury Aviation Co., 1993 WL 425349 (8th Dist. App. 1993)
• Spencer v. McGill, 87 Ohio App. 3d 267, 622 N.E.2d 7 (8th Dist. App. 1993)
• Lyman Steel v. Ferrostaal Metals Corp., 747 F. Supp. 389 (N.D. Ohio 1990)
• DeMarco v. C&L Masonry, 891 F.2d 1236 (6th Cir. 1989)
• Seminatore v. Redmond, 1988 WL 136056 (8th Dist. App. 1988)

• "Informal Ethics Opinion Approves PEOs for Firms" · Cleveland Bar Journal, January 2012
• "Can E-Mail Disclaimers Help Avoid a Privilege Waiver?" · Ohio Lawyer, November/December 2009
• Co-Author "Keeping it All in the Family: Addressing Concentrations of Stock for Grantors, Trustees and Beneficiaries" · Cleveland Bar Journal, December 2005
• "Keeping Secrets: Ethical Screens for Side-Switching Nonlawyer Personnel" · Ohio Lawyer, January/February 2003
• "Can You Sue a Current Client? Maybe...Sometimes" · Ohio Legal Ethics Update, August 2002
• Co-Author "What You Say (And Don't Say) in ADR" · For the Defense, July 2000
• Co-Author "Keeping the 'R' in ADR" · Alternatives, December 1999
• Co-Author "Does Good Faith Avoid a Breach of Mediation Confidentiality?" · Alternatives, October 1999
• Co-Author "Keeping Mediation a Private Process" · National Law Journal, September 22, 1997

• "Ethics ABC's for In-House Counsel", Association of Corporate Counsel, December 2011
• "Ethics 2011: Hot Topics in Modern Practice ", Federal Bar Association, Northern District of Ohio Chapter, July 2011
• "Ethics, Evidence and Experts", National Business Institute, December 2009
• "Three Ethics Issues for Ohio Attorneys", John Carroll University, June 2008
• "Ethics Issues in Representing the Vulnerable Client", The Gathering Place, December 2007
• "Hot Ethics Topics for Litigators", Lorman Educational Services, May 2006
• "The Art of Legal Writing", Lorman Educational Services, September 2005
• "Ohio's Move to the Rules of Professional Conduct -- What's Ahead?", "Multi-Jurisdictional Practice -- It's Not Just an Ethics Problem for Transactional Lawyers," and "Is this Guy My Client: The Ohio Supreme Court Reiterates the 'Reasonable Belief Rule", The Cleveland Bar Association Litigation Law section meeting, February 2004
• "Professionalism for Ohio Attorneys", Half-Moon Seminar, December 2002
• "Ethics Issues for Attorneys in Commercial Transactions: Multijurisdiction Practice, Confidentiality and Conflicts of Interest", Lorman Seminar, August 2002
• "Ethics Issues in Interviewing Employees of Adverse Entities - The 'No-Contact' Rule", Lorman Seminar, August 2001
• "Professionalism in the Law: Good for Ethics or Good for Business?" , Cleveland Bar Association, April 2001