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BARS:
1991 - State of Oregon
1987 - Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Also admitted to Federal District Courts for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania and District of Oregon and to the Ninth Circuit Court of
Appeals.
EDUCATION:
1996-1999 Numerous Bureau of Labor Seminars for Employment Law and
Continuing Legal Education Conferences on Family Law
1994 Mediation Certificate - Confluence Northwest
1982-1985 Juris Doctor - Antioch School of Law, Washington DC
1979-1982 B.A. Social Work - University of Nevada, Reno
1978-1979 Criminal Justice/Social Work - Salem College, WV
2002 Certified Professional Coach Certificate from Academy for Coach Training - Bellevue, WA. Coaching People before, during and after Divorce.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1995 - present: Lori Rubenstein, LLC, Attorney - Mediator - Roseburg, Oregon.
I operate a private family mediation and law practice where I encourage and assist clients in preventing legal impediments which negatively affect their stability. Once clients are in the legal system, I seek to empower them with the legal tools necessary to best represent their needs. Clients will receive quality professional advocacy in a creative, holistic, diverse, educational and soothing space. My family law practice combines litigation with mediation, arbitration, and common sense. Using various alternative dispute resolution methods, I seek the best solution for my client's individual problem and to have the client intimately involved in creating their own resolution.
1990 - 1995 Oregon Legal Services, Roseburg Regional Office
Regional Director - I was responsible for day to day operations of the regional office, local priority setting, community education. I sat on numerous local and statewide bar and family law committees, and carried a caseload of domestic relations, landlord/tenant, housing, discrimination, welfare, and a few Court of Appeals cases.
1987 - 1990 Central Pa. Legal Services, Harrisburg, PA.
Staff Attorney - Full domestic relations caseload, emphasizing contested domestic violence cases.
1982 - 1985 Antioch School of Law Legal Clinics:
Family Law Clinic; Women's Rights Clinic - I assisted in developing a legal guide for battered women, assisted battered women at a Pro Se Desk in Superior Court; Immigration - prepared political asylum cases and documented Kurdistan persecution.
1980 - 1982 Committee to Aid Abused Women, Sparks, NV
Shelter counselor and group leader, volunteer recruitment and newsletter production.
University of Nevada, Reno Women's Center, Reno, NV
Co-Founder and Coordinator - Supervised daily operations, organized annual conferences and concerts, program development, volunteer recruitment, public relations and education, newsletter.
RELATED EXPERIENCE/AWARDS/HONORS:
1991-2000 -Oregon State Bar - Family and Juvenile Law Section Board Member - Organize 2 Statewide Family Law Conferences at Salishan Lodge, Oregon Coast
-Oregon State Bar - Member of Local Professional Responsibility Committee for Douglas County
-Douglas County Bar Association President and member of Bench/Bar Committee
-Lecturer on Family Law Issues
-Douglas County Domestic Violence Council 1990-1995
-Oregon State Business and Professional Women's Young Careerist 1992 and State representative to National Business and Professional Women's Conference - Minneapolis
-Executive Committee of Business and Professional Women, Roseburg
-Law Day Coordinator - two years
-Statewide Court Protocols for Domestic Violence Committee
-Statewide Family and Juvenile Law Section Family Abuse Prevention Act committee
-Oregon State Bar Young Lawyers Division Law-Related Education committee
-Founder/Coordinator of Douglas County Domestic Violence Task Force - two years
-Douglas County Bench/Bar committee
-Advisory Board of Directors - Battered Persons Advocacy
-Board of Directors - Confidence Clinic
-Keynote Speaker Confidence Clinic Graduation
-Statewide Legal Services Family Law Task Force
-Assisted in writing Domestic Violence Legislation in Oregon
-Volunteer Custody Co-Mediator at Mental Health
1985-1990 -Chair of Pa. Legal Services Family Law Task Force Legislative Sub- committee
-Pa. Coalition against Domestic Violence
-Executive Committee of Harrisburg Women Lawyers
-Legal Domestic Violence Trainer - Women-in-Crisis Shelter volunteers and Police Trainer
-Board of Directors for Committee to Aid Abused Women and UNR Women's Center.
-Court Appointed Special Advocate for abused/neglected children.
-Assisted in writing Domestic Violence Legislation in Pennsylvania and Nevada
1985-1987 Drove a Tour Bus in Nevada, Lived on a Kibbutz in Israel
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