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Levine is an expert in the sale, trading, accounting, valuation, compliance and transaction processing of complex financial
instruments including collateralized mortgage obligations - CMOs (IOs, POs, inverse floaters, Z-bonds etc.), asset backed
securities, government bonds, corporate bonds, municipal bonds, variable annuities, stocks, bonds, currencies, futures,
options, swaps and derivative instruments. Levine has assisted in all aspects of the litigation process including motion
practice, discovery requests, document review, audio tape analysis, electronic discovery, email analysis, depositions
and court appearances. He has analyzed activities including excessive markup, churning, suitability, mispresentation,
securities fraud, money laundering and valuation fraud.
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Cases Levine has advised on include: a $25 million recovery for an Ohio hospital (the largest NASD arbitration award
at the time); substantial recoveries for the investors of funds managed by Askin Capital (total invested funds of almost $500
million); the sucessful defense of a large money manager, a top tier broker dealer and a subsidiary of a big four accounting
firm; a US Supreme Court appeal for a criminal defendant; and a regulatory defense for the former employee of a major broker
dealer.
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