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Adam T. Rabin

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Adam T. RabinCenturion Tower, 1601 Forum Place, Suite 201
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
Phone: 561-659-7878
arabin@rkjlawgroup.com
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Areas of Practice

  • Business Litigation
  • Securities Arbitration & Litigation
  • Whistleblower and Qui Tam Actions

Adam T. Rabin is Florida Bar Board Certified in Business Litigation and has been handling complex business litigation cases for thirty years. Mr. Rabin concentrates his practice on representing businesses and individuals in complex business disputes, plaintiffs in whistleblower/qui tam actions, and investors in securities arbitrations against broker-dealers. He handles litigation cases on both an hourly– rate and contingency. 

Mr. Rabin has been recognized in Best Lawyers in America and as one of the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of Florida and in South Florida. Mr. Rabin also has been listed for 21 straight years as a “Top Lawyer” by the South Florida Legal Guide and was recently named to Florida’s “Legal Elite” Hall of Fame by Florida Trend Magazine. 

Mr. Rabin has presented at seminars and authored articles on various business-litigation topics and whistleblower/qui tam topics. He has handled hundreds of complex business matters ranging in all levels of complexity and has been representing whistleblowers in qui tam cases since 2010 that involve businesses and individuals who have perpetrated fraud against the government. Mr. Rabin regularly handles cases in both federal and state court and before arbitration panels appointed by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and the American Arbitration Association (AAA). 

Mr. Rabin has served on The Florida Bar Board of Governors and as President of the Palm Beach County Bar Association. In addition to serving on the Palm Beach County Bar’s Board of Directors for 7 years, Mr. Rabin is the former chair of its Judicial Relations Committee, a joint committee of attorneys and judges. 

Mr. Rabin also is the former chair and co-chair of the Bench & Bar Conference for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, having been twice appointed by former Chief Judge Federico Moreno. As chair and co-chair, Mr. Rabin led a committee of federal judges and appointed attorneys in organizing a district-wide conference focused on improving advocacy and professionalism within the district. 

During his years on the Board of Directors of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, Mr. Rabin was a champion for improving diversity and inclusion within the Palm Beach County legal community. He co-chaired the Association’s Standing Committee for Diversity and Inclusion and its inaugural Diversity Summit. Mr. Rabin also has served on the Board of Directors for the Kozyak Minority Mentoring Foundation for over a decade. Mr. Rabin further has been an advocate for improving lawyer civility in South Florida.  

During and after his term as President of the Palm Beach County Bar Association, Mr. Rabin co-chaired the South Florida Joint Civility Project in which 44 voluntary bar associations throughout South Florida joined together to promote improved lawyer civility. The program received The Florida Bar’s Group Professionalism Award. South Florida’s Attorney at Law magazine featured this program and Mr. Rabin’s law practice that combines smart and aggressive representation of clients and doing so with a high level of professionalism. 

Education

  • J.D., University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 1993
    • Honors: Cum Laude
    • Honors: Projects Editor, University of Miami Law Review
    • Honors: State Mock Trial Team
    • Honors: First Year Moot Court Competition Champion
  • B.A., Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1990
    • Honors: Glendy Burke Award for Top Graduate in Communication Major, College of Arts & Sciences
    • Honors: Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society (President)
    • Honors: National Award for the Outstanding Vice-President of Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity
    • Class Vice-President, College of Arts & Sciences

Bar Admissions

  • Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
  • U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Palm Beach County Bar Association
    • President, 2012-2013
    • Board Member, 2007-2014
    • Civil Practice Committee, Co-Chair 2023-2024 
    • Committee for Diversity & Inclusion, Co-Chair 2009-2011; Member 2012-2014
    • Judicial Relations Committee, Chair 2007-2009; Member 2010-2016
    • Bench Bar Conference, Chair 2006-2007
    • Diversity Summit, Co-Chair 2009
    • Professionalism Committee, Member 2012-2021
    • Business Litigation CLE Committee, Chair 2004-2005
  • South Florida Joint Civility Project (“Got Civility?”), a Joint Project of 44 South Florida Voluntary Bar Associations
    • Chair 2012-2013; Co-Chair 2013-2015; Group Recipient of The Florida Bar’s Professionalism Award in 2013
  • The Florida Bar
    • Board of Governors, Member, 2016-2018
      • Board Certification Plan Appeals Committee, Vice-Chair 2017-2018
      • Technology Committee, Member 2017-2018
      • Rules Committee, Member 2017-2018
    • Standing Committee on Professionalism, Member 2014-2016
    • Business Litigation Committee, Member 2004-2009, 2014-2016
  • Palm Beach County Justice Association
    • Member 2005-2017
  • Palm Beach County Hispanic Bar Association
    • Member 2011-2016
  • F. Malcolm Cunningham, Sr. Bar Association
    • Member 2009-2023
  • Florida Association for Women Lawyers
    • Palm Beach County Chapter, 2009-2023; Co-Chair, Programming Committee 2014-2016; Co-Chair, Board Certification Boot Camp, 2015-2016
  • Other Activities
    • Board Member, Village of Wellington Planning Zoning & Adjustment Board, 2020-2024, serving second two-year term
    • Steering Committee for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida Bench and Bar Conference, Chair 2011-2012, Co-Chair 2009-2010, Member 2013-2014, 2016-2017
    • Ad Hoc Committee for Attorney Admissions, Peer Review and Attorney Grievances for United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Member 2011-2012
    • Board of Directors for the Kozyak Minority Mentoring Foundation, Member 2013-2023
    • Raise the Bar Project, Women’s Foundation of Palm Beach County, Co-Chair 2010-2016, 2022

Professional Honors & Awards

  • Palm Beach County Bar Association Sidney A. Stubbs Professionalism Award, 2015
  • Cuban American Bar Association Amigo Award for Promoting Lawyer Civility, 2016
  • Project Nuremberg Civility Award, 2016
  • Florida Bar Board Certified in Business Litigation, 2011-2024
  • Top 100 Super Lawyers in Florida, 2017
  • Top 100 Super Lawyers in South Florida, 2016-2017
  • Top Lawyers, South Florida Legal Guide, 2007-2024
  • Florida Legal Elite, Florida Trend Magazine, 2005-2024; admitted to Legal Elite Hall of Fame, 2023

Articles and Speaking Engagements

  • Articles
    • Rights and Duties for Managers and Members in LLC Member Disputes
    • What are the Top 10 Most Significant Changes to Florida’s Summary Judgment Rule?
    • Beware of Federal Liability for Email and Social Media Hacking During Divorce
    • Top 5 Tips for Taking a Corporate Representative Deposition
    • Top 5 Tips for Defending a Corporate Representative Deposition
    • Ten Tips on How to Be More Effective Local Counsel
    • Top 10 Tips for Working With a Commercial Damages Expert
    • What is Required for a Whistle Blower to Bring a Federal Qui Tam Action?
    • How Can We Improve the Retention and Advancement of Women Lawyers Through Flexible Scheduling?
    • Promoting Lawyer Civility Throughout South Florida
  • Speaking Engagements
    • Whistleblower & Qui Tam Actions, Palm Beach County Bar Association Seminar, Panel Moderator
    • Members’ Rights and Remedies in LLC Member Disputes, PBCBA Seminar, Speaker
    • Rights and Remedies in Corporate Divorce, PBCBA Seminar, Speaker
    • Professionalism Tips to University of Miami School of Law Litigation Skills Program, Speaker
    • Recovering Attorney’s Fees in Civil and Family Cases, PBCBA Seminar, Speaker
    • Practice Tips, PBCBA Bench Bar Conference – YLS Session, Panelist
    • Federal Practice, PBCBA Bench Bar Conference, Panel Moderator
    • Electronic Discovery, S.D. Fla. Bench & Bar Conference Panel Moderator
    • A Primer on Copyright Litigation, PBCBA Seminar, Speaker
    • Working with an Accounting Expert from the Plaintiff’s Perspective, Dade County Bar Association and Cuban American Bar Association Seminar, Speaker
    • Expert Witnesses, PBCBA Seminar, Panelist
    • Alternative Dispute Resolution – Arbitration, PBCBA Seminar, Panelist