Sam Dubbin

Dubbin received his bachelor's degree in economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard College in 1977. In 1981, he graduated cum laude from the University of Miami School of Law, where he received the Harvey T. Reid Scholarship and served as an editor of the Law Review. After law school, Dubbin clerked for the Honorable James Lawrence King, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, from 1981–1982.

In 1996, Florida Governor Lawton Chiles appointed Dubbin to the Florida Transportation Commission. He had previously served on the Florida Supreme Court Nominating Commission, also as an appointee of Governor Chiles.

Dubbin also served from 1993 to 1996 as an official in the United States Departments of Justice and Transportation. He was special assistant to Attorney General Janet Reno and Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Policy Development in the Department of Justice, and later served as chief counsel to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the Department of Transportation. At NHTSA, Dubbin was the chief legal officer for the federal agency responsible for setting and enforcing motor vehicle safety and fuel economy standards, supervising rulemaking proceedings and litigation involving manufacturers, consumer groups, the insurance industry, and other interested parties.

He currently serves on the board of directors of the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, and served for over 8 years as the chairman of the Federation's Jewish Community Relations Council.

Dubbin's has worked on Holocaust Survivors' rights to regain assets lost to those who profited off the Holocaust. Dubbin & Kravetz represents Holocaust survivors and survivor organizations, including The Holocaust Survivors Foundation USA, Inc..{{Cite web|url=http://hsf-usa.org/|title=Holocaust Survivors' Foundation - USA|website=Holocaust Survivors' Foundation - USA|language=en-US|access-date=2018-08-15}}

Dubbin & Kravetz was one of three firms that represented Hungarian Holocaust survivors seeking restitution and an accounting against the United States government in the Hungarian Gold Train case,{{cite web|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F03E2DE113CF93AA3575BC0A9629C8B63|title=The New York Times denounces the US's Gold Train defense|author=|date=|publisher=|accessdate=15 August 2018}} which was settled for $25.5 million in 2005 after nearly five years of litigation.{{cite web|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/middle-east/israel/534179-1.html|title=The Miami Herald reports the result of the Gold Train case|author=|date=|publisher=|accessdate=15 August 2018}} Dubbin testified on the issue of unhonored insurance policies that were sold to Holocaust victims before the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services in February 2008,{{cite web|url=http://www.nysun.com/national/bitter-holocaust-battle-plays-out-on-capitol-hill/82455/|title=Bitter Holocaust Battle Plays Out on Capitol Hill|author=|date=|publisher=|accessdate=15 August 2018}}[http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/press020708.shtml US House Financial Services Committee] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205040633/http://www.house.gov/apps/list/hearing/financialsvcs_dem/press020708.shtml |date=2008-12-05 }} and before the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on May 6, 2008.{{cite web|url=http://foreign.senate.gov/hearings/2008/hrg080506p.html|title=US Senate Foreign Relations Committee|author=|date=|publisher=|accessdate=15 August 2018}}

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• [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E03EEDE1538F937A25752C1A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all The New York Times quotes Dubbin on the Swiss Banks Holocaust settlement.]
• [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D04E0DE1E3EF937A25750C0A9629C8B63 The New York Times quotes Dubbin on litigation settlement appropriations.]
• [https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/28/business/28insure.html?ref=worldbusiness The New York Times quotes Dubbin on Holocaust Era Insurance Lawsuit result.]

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