Ruben, Richard S.

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Rich Ruben is a senior trial attorney. His practice focuses on complex commercial, real estate, and construction litigation. He has handled a large number of class action cases and many cases in the unfair competition, trade secrets, banking, and employment areas. Rich has tried scores of cases in many different subject areas throughout California. Rich was an adjunct professor at Whittier College Law School in Orange County from 1999 to 2006, teaching pretrial litigation tactics, advocacy, and procedure. He is also a member of the law school's Leadership Council, which is an advisory board to the dean, and is a member of the Mission Hospital Founders Board of Directors.

Areas of Practice

• Trial Practice
• Construction
• Real Estate

Representative Cases

• First American Title defeats class certification in ERISA stock drop case , (2009)
• Lennar receives advice on restructure and workout of San Diego waterfront mixed-use development joint venture
• Ralphs Grocery obtains favorable class-wide settlement in action involving wage hour penalties and allegations of unfair competition , (2009)

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Litigation, Class Actions, Complex Litigation, Federal Appellate Practice, Federal Claims Court, Federal Trial Practice, International Trade Litigation, Litigation & Appeals, Military & Veterans Appeals, Multidistrict Litigation, Patent Litigation, State Appellate Practice, State Trial Practice, Tax Litigation, US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, US Supreme Court

Bar Admissions

• California

Education

• U of California - Los Angeles
• U of Southern California

Published Works

• Standing Under Scrutiny Again, posted with the permission of Daily Journal Corp., 2009

Address

3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 800
Irvine, CA 92612-4408

Phones

1.949.553.7565 (Business Phone)

Faxes

1.949.553.7539 (Business Fax)

Emails

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Websites

http://www.jonesday.com