Rubinstein Grigory, also known as Hilel Rubinstein (23 October 1868, Vitebsk – 1941?, Riga Ghetto) - advocate.

Grigory’s father was Leib Rubinstein. In 1891 Grigory Rubinstein graduated from the Demidov Law Lyceum in Yaroslavl. Afterwards he worked as an assistant sworn advocate in Riga. From 11 January 1903 he practised as an advocate in Riga.

After the Revolution of 1905 he participated as defence counsel in the Tukums trial of revolutionaries. In 1915 he became a refugee in Petrograd, later living and practising in Novonikolaevsk (now Novosibirsk).

In 1921 he returned to Latvia. From 18 February 1921 he again worked as a sworn advocate in Riga. In 1924 he was elected chairman of the Conference of Assistants to Sworn Advocates in Riga. He was a member of the Riga Russian Club and chairman of the Riga Jewish Club. From 1925 he served as elder of the Jewish Club. He was a member of the council of the “Intelligent Bank,” and the initiator and founder of the General Fund for practising Latvian advocates and their assistants, serving for many years as its treasurer. In 1926 he was elected vice-chairman of the Conference of Young Advocates. In 1933–1935 he served as a member of the Council of Sworn Advocates, being the only Jewish person on the council.

He contributed to the journals “Vestnik Ministerstva Yustitsii” (Bulletin of the Ministry of Justice), “Yurist” (The Jurist), and “Zakon i Sud” (Law and Court). From 1929 he was active in the Russian Legal Society. He also served as treasurer and property manager of the Mutual Aid Society of Sworn Advocates and their Assistants.

During the Soviet occupation, from 27 January 1941 he worked as an advocate at the 1st Riga Legal Consultation Office. During the German occupation, he was killed in the Riga Ghetto.

He was married to Vera (Dvora) Presman (1875 – 1941?, murdered in the Riga Ghetto). Their children were Lazar Rubinstein (see entry), later a sworn advocate, and Rachel Rubinstein (born 25 September 1896).

Works:

Memoirs of an Old Advocate (Воспоминания старого адвоката). Riga, 1940.

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