Rubinstein Abram (10 June 1902, Riga – 22 November 1986, Riga) — advocate. He was born in Riga into the family of a merchant; his father was Hirsh Rubinstein. In 1918 he graduated from the J. Landau Gymnasium in Riga.

In 1919 he began studying chemistry at the University of Latvia, later switching to economics, and in 1926 began studying law, graduating in 1929. In 1930–1931 he completed compulsory military service in the Latvian Army as a soldier in the 6th Riga Infantry Regiment, serving as a clerk in the office of the Military Re-education Institution.

From 4 May 1932 he worked as assistant to the sworn advocate A. Heidemann in Riga, and from October 1938 also in Ogre. From 25 January 1939 he practised as a sworn advocate in Riga. In 1932–1940 he also served as legal adviser at the fish-canning factory “Chaika.”

During the Soviet occupation in 1940–1941 he worked as legal adviser at the People’s Commissariat of the Aviation Industry of the USSR and at the 17th Construction and Installation Trust in Riga. In June 1941 he evacuated with his family to Russia, where he worked as an advocate in Engels, Saratov Region. In 1942–1944 he served as head of the supply department of the 104th Special Installation Trust in Saratov.

After the second Soviet occupation he returned to Riga in 1944 and became head of the planning department of the Main Administration of Pharmacies of the Latvian SSR. In 1945–1947 he was head of the supply department of the construction administration “Glavsevzapstroy.” From September 1947 he worked as an advocate at the 1st Riga Legal Consultation Office, but in September 1948 he was expelled from the Collegium of Advocates by order of the Minister of Justice, accused of having been connected with Zionism for thirty years and of concealing his social origin.

In 1949–1955 he worked as legal adviser at the enterprise “Latvenergo,” and in 1950–1955 also as legal adviser at the construction and installation trust “Balttransstroy.” In April 1956 he was reinstated in the Collegium of Advocates and worked as an advocate of the 12th Legal Consultation Office, and from February 1957 as an advocate of the 8th Riga Legal Consultation Office. From March 1975 he was retired.

He died on 22 November 1986 in Riga.

In 1932 he married Felija Lempert (born 1912). Their daughters were Marion Rubinstein (born 1933) and Irena Rubinstein (born 1938).

He was a philister (alumnus member) of the Jewish student corporation “Vetulia.”

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