Atty. Paul H. Levinson
Since graduating from Columbia University School of Law in 1977, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Paul H. Levinson has had broad experience in civil and criminal litigation.
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Paul H. Levinson is a Partner based in New York, New York, practicing at McLaughlin & Stern, LLP. They have 48+ years of legal experience, licensed to practice since 1978. Their practice focuses on discrimination, criminal defense, business, litigation, and civil rights. Admitted to practice in New York (1978), U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (1980), U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York (1980), and U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court (1986). Educated at Columbia Law School (J.D., 1977) and Northwestern University (B.A., 1973). Serands clients in New York, NY and the surrounding metropolitan area.
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- Since graduating from Columbia University School of Law in 1977, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, Paul H. Levinson has had broad experience in civil and criminal litigation
- Since 1985, as an associate and then a member of Leavy Rosensweig & Hyman (and its predecessor firms), and now as a partner at McLaughlin & Stern, Mr. Levinson has litigated on a wide range of civil and commercial matters including corporate partnership and contractual business disputes
- civil and constitutional rights
- intellectual property
- literary property
- publishing, art and entertainment law
- employment discrimination
- insurance defense
- defamation
- restrictive covenants
- civil RICO
- and real property
- Building upon his experience as a Supervising Senior Trial Attorney in the Office of the District Attorney, Kings County (New York), where he served from 1977 to 1984, Mr. Levinson has represented individual and corporate defendants in criminal matters
- He has also had extensive experience in commercial, entertainment and construction arbitration, as well as in international arbitration
- In addition to his litigation practice, Mr. Levinson’s clients in entertainment and the arts have included a Tony-nominated choreographer, Off-Broadway theater companies and individual performers and artists
- Mr. Levinson is a past president of Northwestern University Entertainment Alliance (NUEA), an alumni group in the New York metropolitan area comprised of more than 150 graduates from Northwestern University who are involved in all aspects of theater, film, broadcast and print media and advertising
- Mr. Levinson received his Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University
- He is a member of the Litigation, Intellectual Property and Criminal Justice Sections, and of the Forum on Entertainment & Sports Industries, of the American Bar Association
- He also participates in the Commercial and Federal Litigation, Entertainment, Arts and Sports Law and Criminal Justice Sections of the New York State Bar Association
- Mr. Levinson resides with his wife in the Village of Rye Brook, New York, where he formerly served as a member of the Village’s Advisory Council on Parks and Recreation, and where he previously served as a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Trustees of the Community Synagogue of Rye, New York
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Practicing law in New York. Legal matters in New York are governed by state-specific rules of civil and criminal procedure, statutes of limitations, and substantive law. Cases originating in New York are typically filed in the local municipal court or the appropriate New York state district court, depending on subject matter and amount in controversy. An attorney licensed in New York brings working knowledge of local procedural deadlines, judicial practices in this andnue, and the substantive law that applies to cases brought here. Out-of-state attorneys generally cannot represent clients in New York courts without local counsel or pro hac vice admission.
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