John Rubin (born June 23, 1948, in

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, and raised in

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) is a former

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member of the

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who represented the 18th district (

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in Johnson County). Rubin received his B.A. in political science magna cum laude from

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in 1970, and a J.D. degree from the

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in 1973. After graduation, Rubin served on active duty as a

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officer with the

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during the

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. He returned to Kansas City to work for the Kansas City District of the

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as an attorney-advisor. Rubin soon was promoted to serve as a Labor Attorney with the Federal Labor Relations Authority in Kansas City, Missouri, then Assistant Regional Counsel at the Kansas City Regional Office of the Fereal Bureau of Prisons, a senior litigator for the Kansas City Region of the

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, and ultimately FDIC Regional Counsel in

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, Georgia. In 1994, the

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, appointed him as a Federal Administrative Law Judge for the Social Security Administration in

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. He retired ten years later from the federal bench, and has been an arbitrator for the

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since. In 2010, Rubin was elected to represent the 18th district seat in the Kansas House of Representatives, where he served until he voliuntarily retired from the seat in January 2017.

Personal life

John Rubin married Roberta Frances (née Torin) of St. Louis, Missouri, on August 19, 1972. They returned to the Atlanta area in 2018, after his retirement from the Kansas Legislature, residing since in Acworth, Paulding County, Georgia. They celebrated their 48th wedding anniversary on August 19, 2020. They have two children, Shana McNeil, of

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, Colorado, and Sandy Rubin, of Marietta, Georgia, and three grandchildren. Rubin is a practicing Roman Catholic.

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