Steve Rubin, head of Leonard, Street and Deinard’s Privately Held and Family Businesses practice group, focuses his practice on the representation of privately owned, entrepreneurial companies. Steve provides advice and strategic vision for both growth and mature companies, and guides clients in their development with planning, strategy and implementation. He is a trusted adviser to a wide-range of business enterprises in their day-to-day legal matters, as well as handling mergers and acquisitions, business formation, business succession and financing for businesses. His extensive experience allows him to understand how a legal matter fits into the overall business strategy of the client, to anticipate potential difficulties, and to provide creative solutions to his clients’ legal needs.
PROFESSIONAL AND CIVIC ACTIVITIES
Member, American Bar Association, Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section
Member, Minnesota State Bar Association, Business Law Section
Former member, Leonard, Street and Deinard Board of Directors
Former vice chair, Minnesota State Bar Association, Business and
Professional Corporations Committee of the Business Law Section
Member, Hennepin County Bar Association
Board of Directors, Jewish Community Centers Association of North America
Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the Jewish Community
Center of the Greater St. Paul Area
Member, Management Improvement Advisory Committee of The Saint Paul Foundation
Board of Directors of the Steinfeldt Family Foundation
Former member, Board of Directors, Minnesota State Lawyers Professional Responsibility Board
Former board member and past president, Ronald McDonald House of the Twin Cities
Founder, Ronald McDonald House Children’s Charities of the Upper Midwest
EDUCATION
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School, 1969
Order of the Coif
Minnesota Law Review
B.S., Business and Accounting, University of Minnesota, 1966
ADMISSIONS
State of Minnesota
U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota
U.S. Tax Court |