David Rabinovitz (May 22, 1908 – August 25, 1986) was briefly a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin and was one of the handful of federal judges to be unsuccessfully appointed to the federal bench through a recess appointment.
Born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Rabinovitz graduated from Marquette University in 1927 and received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1930.
He was a labor attorney who represented the United Auto Workers Local 833 against the Kohler Company during the strike in the early 1960s.
On January 7, 1964, Rabinovitz received a recess appointment from President Lyndon B. Johnson to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin vacated by Judge Patrick Thomas Stone.
He then returned to private practice in Sheboygan until his death in that city on August 25, 1986.