S.C. resident honored for legal excellence
Ben Rubinowitz, managing partner at Gair, Gair, Conason and longtime Sea Cliff resident, has been named the top attorney by New York Metro Super Lawyers for 2024.
Growing up in Franklin Square and now residing in Sea Cliff, Rubinowitz has been representing the people of Long Island his entire career. After graduating from Carey High School, he went on to Boston University before returning back home to earn his law degree from Hofstra University.
Rubinowitz has been with Gair, Gair, Conason for 35 years securing 30 verdicts and more than 180 settlements. Prior to that, he worked as the assistant district attorney in Nassau County while teaching law at Hofstra University.
“Unfortunately, my father passed away when I was in school, so I came back to Long Island and that’s why I ended up going to Hofstra,” Rubinowitz said. ”I am really happy with how it worked out that school was great, the teaching was great, and I met a lot of contacts and friends from Hofstra.”
After three years, Rubinowitz moved to New York City to focus on personal injury, product liability, and medical malpractice cases, which he has continued to focus. Now, the managing partner of his firm, he has consistently been ranked among the top attorneys in New York State and took home the top honor this year.
“I am fortunate enough to represent clients who have trusted me with their cases, and some have exceedingly large results, with over a hundred million in verdicts on individual cases alone,” Rubinowitz said.
Throughout the last decade, Rubinowitz secured his clients record-setting compensation, most recently getting $120 million to the family of a man who suffered brain damage because of inexperienced doctors failing to treat a stroke in 2023. He emphasized his commitment to his clients, saying that all of the work that he puts in is for them.
“I know is that when a client comes to us, or to me personally, I understand the plight that the client is going through, and I will work nonstop, on their case in order to maximize the result,” Rubinowitz said. “I know this is their one and only shot to receive justice, and if can do that, and I’ve done my job, and luckily, things have worked out very nicely for many of these clients.”
On top of his various work in law, Rubinowitz is an active member of the National Institution for Trial Advocacy, American Board of Trial Advocates, and The New York State Bar Association. Rubinowitz has also continued to educate law students throughout the country through various legal education programs.
Rubinowitz has been honored by New York Metro Super Lawyers many times in the past, gaining top 10 honors from 2019 to 2024 and top 100 honors from 2008 to 2024. Rubinowitz said it is always an honor to be recognized by his peers and is grateful for his recent achievement.
“It is very nice to have been recognized by other lawyers in all fields who felt it appropriate to nominate me and vote on this,” Rubinowitz said. “It’s a tremendous honor to have received something like this and have others saying that the work that is worth their vote and make it clear that they appreciate what has been done.”
