Judge Borenstein was an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1992 until 2008, and served on the Lawrence District Court from 1986 until 1992. He is Of Counsel at Rubin Weisman Colasanti Kajko & Stein, LLP, in Lexington, MA, where he handles a broad spectrum of civil, criminal, family and probate matters.

Judge Borenstein brings to TMG his expertise across a full range of legal practice areas including complex business disputes, wrongful death actions, employment law issues, personal injury cases, medical malpractice, trust and estate matters, probate and family issues and civil rights claims. During his sixteen years on the Superior Court, Judge Borenstein was known as a skilled mediator, able to resolve hundreds of civil and criminal cases. He is available to serve as a mediator, arbitrator, case evaluator and special master. He is a native of Havana, Cuba, fluent in Spanish.

Judge Borenstein has been a Lecturer in Law at Northeastern University School of Law since 1985 and to the present. He has been an Adjunct Professor at Suffolk Law School for almost 10 years and has taught full-time as a Visiting Professor of Law at Northeastern University School of Law while on leave from the Superior Court. Judge Borenstein has also taught full-time at The New England School of Law and the Clinical Program of Harvard Law School.

Judge Borenstein received the highly regarded Haskell Cohn Award for Distinguished Judicial Service from the Boston Bar Association in 2001, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hispanic National Bar Association and the Massachusetts Association of Hispanic Attorneys (2008), a Leadership Award for work as Chair of the Massachusetts Trial Court Committee on Interpreter Services from the National Center for State Courts in Williamsburg, VA (2003), and the Cornelius J. Moynihan Award for Excellence in Teaching (May, 2007), among many other honors and awards.

He has served on a variety of boards and committees, including on the Board of Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, and on the Council of the Boston Bar Association. He was a founder and first President of the Massachusetts Association of Hispanic Attorneys.

Judge Borenstein graduated from The George Washington University “With Distinction” in 1972, received his J.D. from Northeastern University School of Law in 1975, and was awarded a Master of Laws degree (LL.M.) from Harvard Law School in 1983.

Professional fees for Judge Borenstein are billed at an hourly rate of $400, divided equally between the 2 parties (Fees vary for multi-party rates—please see fee schedule for terms and conditions).