Judge Stephen M. Rubin
 

Stephen M. Rubin received his B.A. in political science from Oakland University, Rochester Michigan in 1971. His law degree was awarded in June 1975 from the Detroit College of Law, Detroit, Mich. He was admitted to the Arizona Bar, April 1975. Prior to his appointment to the bench he was in private practice with the Law Offices of Rubin & Myers for 12 years.
 
Judges James C. Carruth and the late Tom Meehan appointed Stephen M. Rubin to the Pima County bench as a Judge Pro Tempore of the Superior Court, Juvenile Division effective July 1, 1987. He served in that capacity until 1995. In July 1995, he assumed duties as a Court Commissioner/Judge Pro Tempore of the Superior Court. Judge Rubin served on the Criminal Bench and as a Domestic Trial Division. In February 2001, Judge Rubin was reassigned to his first love, the Juvenile Court.
 
Judge Rubin has a strong interest in the continuing education of both judges and lawyers. He served as an adjunct professor of Law at the University of Arizona College of Law, having written the curriculum for the first-ever class devoted exclusively to Child Abuse and Neglect Law and Practice. He has served as faculty in numerous programs on both a local and national level, including the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, National Judicial College. Judge Rubin was the co-creator and serves as lead faculty for the Child Abuse and Neglect Institute which is a one week intensive course for Judges offered by the National College of Juvenile Law at Reno, Nev. devoted to the Model Dependency Court process. He also serves as chairman of the NCJFCJ Continuing Judicial Education Committee. He is serving his second three-year term on the Board of Trustees of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
 
Judge Rubin has served on the Board of Directors of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Tucson and the Casa de Los Niños Crisis Nursery.
 
In a former life he was a ballroom dance champion and a disc jockey.
 
Away from court Judge Rubin is raising his two young children with his wife of 29 years. Together they are active runners, skiers and travelers.
 
The staff of Division J also includes Judicial Administrative Assistant, Ms. Kathryn McReynolds, Courtroom Clerk, Ms. Suzanne Kwiatkowski and Court Reporter Lory Rivera.