Profile
Attorney Rubin Guttman has dedicated his practice to helping injured or disabled clients in Cleveland and throughout northeast Ohio for more than 30 years. As the founder and principal attorney of Rubin Guttman & Associates, L.P.A., Mr. Guttman helps clients to successfully apply for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits, and to successfully appeal denied SSDI and SSI claims. Mr. Guttman also focuses on personal injury claims and has secured numerous six- and seven-figure verdicts and settlements in cases involving wrongful death, medical malpractice, nursing home neglect and catastrophic injuries such as traumatic brain injury, paralysis, severe burns and amputations.
A 1977 graduate of Cleveland State University School of Law, Mr. Guttman holds an AV Preeminent* peer review rating through Martindale-Hubbell and has also been peer-selected for inclusion in the Ohio Super Lawyers listings for each of the last five years. He is regularly asked to comment on personal injury and disability matters in the media, has authored numerous articles on personal injury law and has been an actively involved member of several legal and civic-minded associations, including the Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers and the National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR).
*AV Preeminent and BV Distinguished are certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies. Martindale-Hubbell is the facilitator of a peer review rating process. Ratings reflect the anonymous opinions of members of the bar and the judiciary. Martindale-Hubbell peer review ratings fall into two categories: legal ability and general ethical standards.
About Rubin Guttman
Law School: Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Admitted: 1977, Ohio
Professional Webpage: www.guttlaw.com/d_about.asp
Honors and Awards:
- Member, Million Dollar Advocates Forum
- Lifetime Member, Who's Who In America
- Teaching Assistant, Cleveland State University, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law
Bar/Professional Activity:
- National Organization of Social Security Claimants Representatives (NOSSCR)
- Member, Ohio Academy of Trial Lawyers
- Member, Ohio State Bar Association
- Supreme Court of the United States of America, 1993
- U.S. Court of Appeals 6th Circuit, 1980
- U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1977
- Ohio, 1977
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- Member, Cleveland State University Law Review
Educational Background:
- Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, B.A., Cum Laude, 1974