Born: Washington, D.C., September 3, 1948

      Mr. Levinson is the chairman of the Firm’s Litigation Department.  Spanning the last 30 years, Mr. Levinson has built an impressive record of client victories including verdicts at trial, for both plaintiffs and defendants, in cases involving commercial disputes, construction law, medical malpractice and products liability.  He has been nationally recognized for his skills and success in the courtroom by the American Board of Trial Advocates who extended him membership several years ago.  

      Mr. Levinson began his legal career first serving as a Deputy Attorney General for Pennsylvania. Once he joined the firm, he became heavily involved in construction law and medical malpractice law and has actively lectured on both subjects to members of the Bar and the Luzerne County Medical Society.  He possesses a thorough familiarity with the following Codes, Statutes, Contract Documents, and Subjects:  Municipal Construction Contract Law; School Building Construction Code; Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act; Contract claims before the Board of Claims; State Procurement Code; AIA Construction Documents and General Conditions Applicable to Contractors, Subcontractors and Architects; and Arbitration before the American Arbitration Association-all of which is invaluable in representing contractors, owners, operators and architects and engineers from around the state.  In the medical malpractice area, he has been gratified to win substantial awards for his injured clients. A graduate of Lehigh University, Mr. Levinson received his law degree from Georgetown University where he served as a student editor of the Federal Bar Journal.

Education

• Lehigh University (B.A., 1970)
• Georgetown University (J.D., 1974)- "Federal Bar Journal", Student Editor, 1973-74

Bar Admissions & Memberships

• Pennsylvania (1974)
• United States Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
• United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Noteworthy

• Invited to lecture on Construction Law by the Pennsylvania Bar Institute at Seminars held in Philadelphia, Mechanicsburg and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He served as Chair of the Three Member Panel.
• Lectured on medical malpractice before the Luzerne County Medical Society.
• Lectured, on numerous occasions, on medical malpractice at the annual Luzerne County Bench/Bar Conference.
• Lead author on an annual update from 2002-2009 on medical malpractice cases which has appeared in the Pennsylvania Defense Institute Publication – "Counterpoint".
• AV Rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

Professional Affiliations

• Pennsylvania Department of Justice, Deputy Attorney General, (1974-1978)
• Pennsylvania Bar Association
• Luzerne County Bar Association (Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association)
• NEPA Chapter of American Board of Trial Advocates - Treasurer
• Pennsylvania Defense Institute

Community Affiliations

• Union of Reform Judaism (1994-present)
• Wilkes-Barre YMCA, Board Member, Executive Committee
• Temple B'nai B'rith, Kingston, PA, Past President, Current Board Member
• Co-Chair - Luzerne County Bench Bar Conference, 2010
• Temple B'nai B'rith Housing for the Elderly, Past President, Current Board Member
• Alumni Admission Interviewer, Georgetown University, 1993 to present
• PERSONAL INTERESTS: Family; Theatre; Swimming