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Julie Rubenstein
Julie Rubenstein
Julie B. Rubenstein
Partner
julie.rubenstein@bakerbotts.com
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Securities and Shareholder Litigation
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Practices
Litigation
Securities and Shareholder Litigation

Overview

For more than a decade, Julie's ability to outmaneuver, outwit and outwork opposing counsel earned her a string of resounding litigation victories. Trusted to handle cases across practice areas, jurisdictions and industries, Julie ensures her clients achieve the best possible outcome, be it winning at summary judgment, securing a successful settlement, or winning at trial.

Julie's securities experience includes a blockbuster victory for Liberty Media Corp. in a Section 10(b) securities fraud trial against Paris-based media and telecommunications conglomerate Vivendi Universal, S.A. By the time of trial, her team developed complex financial evidence in Europe, Africa, and throughout the U.S. The four-week Southern District of New York trial culminated in a unanimous plaintiff’s jury verdict for our client, with judgment entered in the amount of €944 million. Julie's pre-trial victories include the successful defense of accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP in a Rule 10b-5 securities fraud class action case which alleged $1 Billion in damages, and settled for $10 Million on the eve of trial. Julie and her team achieved similar success by winning summary judgment on behalf of a former executive of Pfizer, Inc. in a Section 10(b) securities fraud class action.

Julie also has litigated high-stakes IP and commercial cases. She helped win a defense verdict for Facebook in a Texas federal jury trial where plaintiffs sought $6 billion in damages based on alleged use of their intellectual property related to virtual-reality gaming technology. Across the country in California state court, Julie and her team won a defamation trial on behalf of the N.C.A.A. related to sanctions against the University of Southern California concerning football player Reggie Bush. After the jury verdict, trial judge Frederick Shaller called the advocacy in the case “the best I’ve seen since I’ve been a judge.” Julie was also trial counsel to former Redskins running back Clinton Portis in a criminal healthcare fraud trial, which resulted in a hung jury.

Admission & Affiliations

  • District of Columbia Bar
  • Massachusetts Bar
  • New York State Bar
  • United States Courts of Appeals for the Second and Third Circuits
  • United States District Courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of New York
  • J.D., Cornell Law School 2010
    Managing Editor, Cornell Law Review
  • B.A., New York University 2005
    summa cum laude
    Phi Beta Kappa

Experience

  • Collegiate athletic association – Ms. Rubenstein was a member of the trial team that was granted a defense jury verdict in state court in Los Angeles in a case involving claims of defamation, negligence, and breach of contract. After the jury verdict, trial judge Frederick Shaller called the advocacy in the case “the best I’ve seen since I’ve been a judge.”(Cal. Super. Ct.)
  • Major social media company – Ms. Rubenstein was a member of the trial team on behalf of a major social media company, a subsidiary, and several individual defendants in a federal jury trial in Dallas, Texas. Plaintiffs sought $6 billion in damages based on alleged use of their intellectual property. The jury returned a defense verdict for the Company and a partial defense verdict for the remaining defendants. In post-trial briefing, Ms. Rubenstein helped persuade the court to sanction plaintiffs for withholding evidence, which resulted in plaintiffs being denied $40 million in attorneys’ fees. (N.D. Tex).
  • Major agricultural company – Ms. Rubenstein was a member of several trial teams in California federal and state court defending against products liability claims in nationwide litigation.
  • Major automotive manufacturer - Ms. Rubenstein was a member of the litigation team that defended against two federal antitrust class actions alleging a scheme to fix prices and monopolize the market for heavy-duty truck transmissions (D. Del.)
  • Major media company - Ms. Rubenstein was a member of the trial team that was granted a €765 million jury verdict in a breach of warranty and Rule 10b-5 securities fraud case against Vivendi, S.A. and Universal Studios, Inc. (S.D.N.Y.)
  • Major telecommunications company - Ms. Rubenstein was a member of the trial team in a patent infringement suit relating to mobile phone technology (E.D. Tex.)
  • Monitor of major hotel chains – Ms. Rubenstein was a member of the litigation team representing the independent monitor in a case involving trade secrets claims (S.D.N.Y.)

Awards and Community

Recognized as a Washington D.C. Super Lawyer-Rising Star, 2014-2020