
Career Highlights: Nominated to the 4th District Court of Appeal by Gov. Gavin Newsom, March 2023, and confirmed June 2023; elected to San Diego County Superior Court, November 2006; Office of the San Diego County District Attorney, 1987-2007
Law School: University of San Francisco School of Law, 1986
SAN DIEGO — When Superior Court Judge David M. Rubin took the reins of a multiple murder trial of two leaders of a drug-trafficking gang, the jury had already been seated.
Stepping in for a sick colleague in 2013, Rubin ended up presiding over San Diego County’s longest criminal trial.
Deputy Public Defender Ricardo Garcia said Rubin ably jumped in and showed great patience with the la... (continued)