Ernest Rubenstein

Mr. Rubenstein is Of Counsel to Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, & Garrison, where he spent almost 43 years as an associate and partner until his retirement from the law firm in 1997 (as he approached the firm's mandatory retirement age of 70).
He currently serves as a Managing Director of Carl Marks & Co., Inc. which he had represented since the early 1980s and that he joined following his retirement from Paul, Weiss.
In addition to his professional activities, Mr. Rubenstein has devoted a substantial part of his time to charitable activities as a trustee and officer, including the Educational Alliance (113-year-old settlement house, community center and social service agency on the Lower East Side), the Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association (a leading New York City public education reform group), Covenant House (the largest provider of services in the United States to homeless and at-risk youth) and the Yale Law School Fund.
He also serves on the Boards of two private foundations.
Mr. Rubenstein is a graduated of Princeton University (1950 A.B., cum laude) and the Yale Law School (1953, LLB, Order of the Coif), where he served as Editor-In-Chief of the Yale Law Journal.
After graduation from Law School and before joining Paul, Weiss, he served as a law clerk for Justice Tom C.
Clark on the United States Supreme Court (1953-54).