The Professional Standards Commission (PSC) voted to suspend a teacher for 20 days, accusing him of roughly handling a non-verbal, autistic student while putting the student on the school bus. The PSC’s charges were based on the testimony of the bus driver and bus monitor who claimed to have witnessed the teacher’s behavior. The teacher…
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Rubin named Georgia Super Lawyer for 10th year in a row
For the 10th year in a row, Bob Rubin was named a Georgia Super Lawyer for his outstanding achievement as a criminal defense lawyer. Super Lawyer is a rating service for consumers and others in the legal profession. Mr. Rubin’s 10 year run on the Super Lawyer list is indicative of his recognition among his…
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Peters, Rubin & Sheffield Are Training Lawyers In Republic Of Georgia
Bob Rubin, Doug Peters, and Jason Sheffield are part of a seven-lawyer team invited by the United State’s State Department and its Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) to train criminal defense lawyers in the Republic of Georgia, a former satellite of the Soviet Union. Formerly, criminal defense lawyers were relegated to…
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A Person Deemed Dangerous By Sex Offender Board Has Right To A Hearing
The constitutional right to due process requires the Sexual Offender Registration Review Board to give people it designates as a “sexually dangerous predator” the right to a hearing, according to the Georgia Supreme Court. In the case of Gregory v. Sexual Offender Registration Review Board, Bob Rubin and Scott Key argued that the board and…
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Dunwoody Daycare Murder Conviction Reversed
Hemy Neuman was accused of shooting and killing another man in a highly-publicized case dubbed the “Dunwoody Daycare Shooting.” Doug Peters and Bob Rubin were hired by Mr. Neuman to defend him against the charge of murder. In order to understand how a person of Mr. Neuman’s intellect, exemplary job history, and familial bonds with…
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Robert Rubin Admitted to American College of Trial Lawyers
Robert G. Rubin has become a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, one of the premier legal associations in North America. The induction ceremony at which Mr. Rubin became a Fellow took place recently before an audience of approximately 900 persons during the recent 2015 Annual Meeting of the College in Chicago, Illinois….
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Atlanta schools racketeering case spurs national debate
On April 1, 2015 a jury returned a guilty verdict for 11 of 12 defendants charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering in the Atlanta Public School cheating case. The jury sat through a 7 month trial, the longest criminal trial in Georgia history. The judge immediately ordered that the convicted educators be handcuffed and taken…
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Rubin Interviewed on NPR About Jury Selection in Atlanta Public School Cheating Trial
Here is an excerpt from the interview: Earlier this year in Atlanta, 600 prospective jurors were summoned for the high-profile trial of 12 public school teachers and principals accused of correcting students’ answers on standardized tests. Even then, defense attorney Bob Rubin challenged the pool because he said it underrepresented African-Americans. “All of the defendants…
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Judge rejects defense claim that APS jury tainted
Fulton County Judge Jerry Baxter denied defense attorneys’ motion that challenged the racial makeup of the jury pool in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal trial. Defense Attorney Bob Rubin filed a motion last month requesting the hearing. He claimed that African-Americans are underrepresented in the pool of potential jurors who received summons in the…
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Sheffield and Rubin Release Statement in Case of Wilton, CT Educator Charged with Child Pornography
Police are investigating two additional cases involving a former Wilton preschool teacher’s aide who was recently arrested on child pornography charges, police said. Eric Von Kohorn, 33, of 400 Atlantic St., Apt. B2, Bridgeport, was charged on Aug. 20 with possession of child pornography in the first degree and promoting a minor in an obscene…
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Sheffield Defends Connecticut Educator Charged with Child Pornography
Source: “Von Kohorn’s Lawyer: Polygraph Shows No Wilton Children Harmed,” by Heather Bornden Herve, August 26, 2014, goodmorningwilton.com, Wilton, Connecticut. On Monday evening, Aug. 25, Wilton Public Schools administrators and Bd. of Education members held a meeting for parents in an effort to answer questions and address concerns following last week’s arrest of Wilton Preschool…
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Rubin Interviewed About Beverly Hall, APS Trial
Attorney, Bob Rubin, speaks with WSB TV about former Atlanta Public School Superintendent, Beverly Hall, her illness, and the effect of Hall’s possible absence from the APS Cheating Scandal Trial, set to begin August 11, 2014 in Fulton County Superior Court.
Rubin challenges jury pool in Atlanta Public Schools trial
Source: “Jury pool challenged at Atlanta Public Schools trial,” by Bill Rankin, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, August 21, 2014. Defense lawyers are challenging the pool of prospective jurors for the Atlanta Public Schools test-cheating trial, saying a hearing is needed to find out why African-Americans are so underrepresented. The challenge is based on the racial composition of…
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Peters and Rubin featured in national magazine for first successful Sexsomnia defense in Georgia
By Douglas Peters and Robert Rubin Introduction Most child molestation cases fit into one of two broad categories. In the first category, the client admits he1 intentionally committed the act of which he is accused. He may admit he has a problem and needs help, or he may insist he has no explanation for his actions…
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Rubin and principal prepare for Atlanta Public School Trial
Atlanta Public School principal Dana Evans and attorney Bob Rubin interviewed on WSB TV regarding their preparations for trial.
Rubin and Sheffield get murder charges dismissed in Shaken Baby case
In the “Shaken Baby Syndrome” trial of State of Georgia v. Jamal Rashaad Thomas, the state dismissed all murder charges before the jury could decide the case. Defense counsel for Mr. Thomas, Robert G. Rubin and Jason B. Sheffield, had just put up their first expert, a pediatric neuropathologist from Oxford, England who specialized in…
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Rubin gets charges dropped against man who charged electric car
CHAMBLEE, Ga. — Channel 2 Action News has learned the DeKalb County solicitor is dismissing criminal theft charges against a driver who plugged his electric car into an outlet at a public school. Chamblee Police Chief and City Manager Marc Johnson told Channel 2’s Jodie Fleischer he agrees with the prosecutor’s decision to drop the…
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Bob Rubin selected as a Top Rated Lawyer in White Collar Criminal Defense
Bob Rubin of Peters, Rubin & Sheffield has been named a 2013 Top Rated Lawyer in White Collar Crime. Mr. Rubin achieved the highest rating in legal ability and ethical standards in a confidential survey by his peers. Mr. Rubin has extensive experience defending a wide variety of white collar cases and is currently representing…
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Rubin defending two principals in Atlanta Public School cheating indictment
NBC News 11 Alive reporter Keith Whitney interviewed attorney Bob Rubin who is defending APS pricipals Willie Davenport and Dana Evans.
Rubin gets TPO against Lawyer Dismissed
A prominent Atlanta lawyer was forbidden from having any contact with his daughter after his ex-girlfriend accused him of sexually abusing his daughter. As a result of the allegation, a DeKalb County Superior Court Judge issued a temporary protective order (TPO) against the lawyer. After receiving notice of the TPO, the lawyer retained Bob Rubin…
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Rubin Representing Parents in Underage Party Bust
Police: Parents, Teens Arrested After Underage Party Bust ALPHARETTA, Ga. — More than two dozen teenagers and four adults are facing charges in Alpharetta after police said they broke up a keg party. According to a police report officers responded to a home in the 700 block of Mallory Manor Court about 1:30 a.m. on…
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Peters and Rubin Obtain Dismissal of Shaken Baby Syndrome Charges
State v. John Doe (2012) Charges: Aggravated Battery, Cruelty to Children, Shaken Baby Syndrome State’s Case: The alleged victim, a 9 month old baby boy, was alleged by the State to have received abusive head trauma from shaking by Defendant. The Defendant and his wife stated that their son had accidentally fallen from their bed…
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Rubin Defends Principal in CRCT Cheating Scandal
Bob Rubin and co-counsel Michael Kramer are defending Dr. Tonya Saunders in her upcoming hearing before the Atlanta Public School Tribunal on August 30th. Rubin and Kramer are defending numerous principals in the so-called “CRCT cheating scandal.” Dr. Saunders’s is the first of these principals to have her case heard by the tribunal.
Doug Peters and Bob Rubin interviewed on “20/20” and “Dateline” in Dunwoody Murder Case
Defense attorneys Doug Peters and Bob Rubin respond to post trial national media inquiries from Elizabeth Vargas of NBC’s “20/20” and from Dennis Murphy of ABC’s “Dateline.” While hours of jury deliberation over 1 ½ days ended in a verdict of guilty, the jury also rejected the testimony of a state’s psychiatrist and found in…
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Hemy Neuman’s Lawyers Raise Insanity Defense
Doug Peters and Bob Rubin are interviewed by Jodie Fleischer for Atlanta’s WSB-TV. They explain that their client will plead not guilty by reason of insanity.
Neuman to Plead Insanity in Dunwoody Day Care Shooting
Hemy Neuman’s lawyers filed notice Friday their client will plead not guilty by reason of insanity, acknowledging he in fact shot and killed Rusty Sneiderman outside a Dunwoody day care facility last November. “The issue is not what happened, but why it happened,” said attorney Doug Peters in an interview with the AJC. “The facts of this…
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APS Principals Deny Cheating
Atlanta principals say test monitors prevented cheating Two principals of Atlanta schools that saw unusual gains on statewide tests this spring said cheating couldn’t have occurred because state test monitors were present. The monitors were stationed at the schools, West Manor and White elementary schools, because they had been flagged in a state analysis of erasures…
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Rubin Interviewed on Radio Program “American Perspective”
Robert Rubin was interviewed by Judyth Piazza on theSOP (The Student Operated Press) radio show “American Perspective”. Click to listen to the broadcast.
Hemy Neuman’s lawyers are familiar with demanding cases
By Don Plummer The veteran defense attorneys representing accused murderer Hemy Neuman are no strangers to high-profile cases. Decatur attorneys Doug Peters and Robert Rubin have a history of using improbable tactics when defending clients, a trait that may prove valuable in the defense of Neuman. After Neuman was indicted for the Nov. 18 murder…
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Georgia Tech Professor Denies Charges of Theft
The defendant, her husband, and her brother were accused of obtaining funds to which they were not entitled by working for a university in Georgia while working for a university in another state, and by submitting false statements on travel vouchers to the Georgia university. The investigation in Georgia and out of state showed that…
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Child Molestation Charges Dismissed at Preliminary Hearing
Attorney Robert Rubin gets charges of child molestation dismissed at preliminary hearing for an Atlanta chiropractor accused of molesting a child at Chastain Park.
Hemy Zvi Neuman Indicted by DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office In Dunwoody Day Care Killing Case
Indictment Cancels Preliminary Hearing, Prevents Defense’s Witness Presentation, Cross-examination The DeKalb County District Attorney’s Office has indicted Hemy Zvi Neuman for the shooting death of Russell “Rusty” Sneiderman in the Dunwoody Day Care Killing case. The indictment of Neuman has resulted in the cancellation of his preliminary hearing scheduled for February 8. Under Georgia law, when…
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Decatur Law Firm Peters, Rubin, & Sheffield Selected as Defense Team for Alleged Shooter in Dunwoody Day Care Killing Case
Veteran criminal defense lawyers, Douglas N. Peters and Robert G. Rubin, of Peters, Rubin & Sheffield, have been selected as the defense team for the alleged shooter in the Dunwoody Day Care Killing case. Hemy Zvi Neuman, 48, of Marietta, is charged with murder for the alleged killing of Russell “Rusty” Sneiderman November 18 outside…
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Assisted suicide law challenged in state, federal courts
Fulton County Daily Report Georgia’s assisted suicide law under fire Lawyers for Final Exit Network challenge statute in state, federal courts Monday, December 13, 2010 By Greg Land, Staff Reporter Georgia’s assisted suicide law faced attacks on two fronts last week, as a Forsyth County judge heard arguments from lawyers asking him to declare the…
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Rubin, Final Exit argue Georgia suicide law unconstitutional
Right-to-die group argues Georgia suicide law unconstitutional The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, By Joel Anderson Attorneys for four members of the right-to-die group Final Exit Network who are charged with assisting in the suicide of a Cumming man in 2008 argued Friday that Georgia’s statute covering assisted suicide is unconstitutional and “totally incoherent.” In a three-hour hearing in…
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Rubin, Final Exit members to ask for dismissal
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution by Jeffry Scott Suicide group members in court Friday in Cumming asking for dismissal Four members of a suicide group known as the Final Exit Network will be in a Cumming courtroom Friday morning as their high-profile criminal defense attorneys argue the case against them for their alleged roles in the 2008 suicide…
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Defense of Atlanta Public Schools probe quite unique
Fulton County Daily Report GBI, Bowers turn up heat in APS PROBE Some school employees have been asked to take lie detector tests; Bowers says teachers who tell truth won’t be prosecuted Monday, November 08, 2010 By R. Robin McDonald, Staff Reporter Special investigators appointed by Gov. Sonny Perdue to determine whether widespread cheating occurred…
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‘Final Exit’ members plead not guilty, claiming law unconstitutional
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ‘Final Exit’ members plead not guilty, claiming law unconstitutional By Ty Tagami Thursday, April 1, 2010 Four members of an assisted suicide group pleaded not guilty Thursday in Forsyth County on charges that they operated a criminal enterprise that helped people die. A grand jury indicted the four members of the Final Exit…
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Rubin featured in Atlanta magazine piece on Final Exit
Atlanta magazine March 2010 Final Exit Two surgeries took away the cancer that was killing John Celmer, but they left him with chronic pain and a disfiguring hole in his jaw. He secretly reached out to a controversial group that advises the sick and suffering on how to end their own lives. Members of the…
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Peters and Rubin present first successful “Sexsomnia” defense in Child Molestation case in Georgia – Jury takes less than 2 hours to acquit Defendant
Lake Oconee News Jury takes less than two hours to acquit Defendant September 4, 2009 After five days of testimony that included descriptions of “sexsomnia,” “parasomnia” and “confusional arousal,” it took a jury less than two hours Monday to acquit the defendant of child molestation charges. “This jury by its verdict spoke as the conscience of…
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Defendant acquitted of Child Molestation charges, Community gathers to congratulate defense team led by attorneys Doug Peters and Bob Rubin
Morgan County Citizen Defendant not guilty Around 50 people gather to offer congratulations to defendant, family Thursday, September 3, 2009 The atmosphere outside the courthouse was almost like an outdoor party Monday afternoon after a 12-person jury acquitted the defendant of two child molestation charges. Following a five-day trial and two-and-a-half hour jury deliberation, the defendant, 39, received a…
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Rubin and Peters to Speak at New Orleans Seminar on October 25th
Bob Rubin and Doug peters will speak on October 25th at the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers’ Fall Seminar. The lecture to fellow criminal defense lawyers from across the country will focus on the defense of child molestation cases involving physiological and pharmaceutically-induced sleep disorders. Rubin and Peters were the first lawyers in Georgia…
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