Ann H. Rubin
Partner
Waterbury
203.578.4201
203.575.2600

Services

Areas

Industries

Education

  • University of Connecticut School of Law, Law School
    J.D. 1983
  • Cornell University, Undergraduate
    B.A. 1979

Admissions

  • Bar Admissions
  • Connecticut
  • Court Admissions
  • U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Ann Rubin is a trial lawyer who represents clients in a wide variety of business, commercial, and professional disputes, in state and federal court and in arbitration.  Ann has represented international chemical and watch companies, the region's major electric utility, national insurance agents and brokers, national and regional financial institutions, major law firms and professional service providers, State agencies, physician groups, partnerships, business owners, franchisors, insurers, and reinsurers.  Ann's clients note her practical and aggressive representation, and her focus on accomplishing their business and legal goals.  Ann has been named in Connecticut "Super Lawyer" by Connecticut Magazine and a "Top Attorney in Business Litigation" by the Business Edition of Super Lawyers.

  • Obtained emergency ex parte injunctive relief in federal court on behalf of national insurance broker  against executive and employee who violated restrictive covenants, resulting in immediate return of stolen clients
  • Obtained $3 million judgment in favor of client in action for breach of stock option purchase agreement and fraud
  • Enforced non-solicit agreement involving simultaneous proceedings in state and federal courts in Connecticut and California, and FINRA arbitration
  • Part of an international teams that obtained federal court order for discovery in the United States for use in a foreign proceeding
  • Obtained injunction and contempt order against international chemical company and employee for violation of restrictive covenant and theft of trade secrets
  • Successful defense of numerous claims against insurance agents and brokers
  • Successful defense resulting in favorable settlement of complex vexatious litigation action against major law firm
  • Obtained defense verdict in $10 million lender liability and legal malpractice action tried in federal court
  • Successful defense of federal and state court class actions, including under the Credit Repair Organizations Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act
  • Litigated and managed multi-million dollar loan workout cases for lenders and FDIC
  • Lead and co-counsel in numerous arbitrations (private, AAA, FINRA, ARIAS): insurance, reinsurance, asset purchase agreements, contracts, construction, health care, physician business disputes, real estate, partnership and LLCs, franchise agreements
  • Lead counsel for State agencies in federal class action and consent decree, construction disputes and arbitrations
  • More than 50 contested evidentiary proceedings, including injunctions and prejudgment remedies
  • Connecticut Law Tribune inaugural honoree for the 2015 Professional Excellence Award
  • Rated by Martindale-Hubbell as AV® Preeminent™
  • Selected for inclusion in Connecticut Super Lawyers in the area of Business Litigation, 2010 - 2016
  • Named a "Top Attorney in Business Litigation" by the Business Edition of Super Lawyers Magazine, 2010 - 2013
  • Included on the American Arbitration Association's National Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators
  • As Managing Partner of Carmody and Torrance from 2005 - 2011, Ann was the first woman elected to that role in a major Connecticut law firm
    • Highlighted in "The Long Climb to the Top," Connecticut Law Tribune, June 2008
  • Connecticut Law Review, 1981-1983
    • Administrative Editor, 1982-1983

Community Involvement

  • Member, Town of Woodbridge Board of Finance (former)
  • Executive Committee Chair, New Haven Symphony Orchestra (former)
  • Trustee, The Congregation Mishkan Israel (former)
  • Member, Woodbridge Charter Revision Commission (former)
  • Member, Woodbridge Library Commission (former)

Affiliations

  • Connecticut Bar Association
    • Business Litigation Subcommittee of Litigation Section 
  • Waterbury Bar Association
  • New Haven County Bar Association
  • Fellow, Connecticut Bar Foundation
    • Member of Subcommittee on the Oral History of Connecticut Women in the Legal Profession