Ward, William J.

Noah Levine is a partner in the firm's Regulatory and Government Affairs and Litigation/Controversy Departments, and a member of the Appellate and Supreme Court Litigation and Financial Institutions Practice Groups, the Business Trial Group and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Working Group. He joined the firm in 2002 and is a member of the firm's Management Committee. Mr. Levine has a diverse litigation practice, focusing on litigation related to financial institutions, including defense of consumer class actions under federal banking statutes and antitrust laws, complex commercial litigation, and intellectual property. 

Practice

Mr. Levine’s practice is divided between appellate and trial-level work. On the appellate side, he has prepared merits briefs, petitions for certiorari and amicus briefs before the US Supreme Court, and briefs before numerous federal appellate courts, in cases involving diverse matters including banking, antitrust, patent, and constitutional matters. Mr. Levine has presented oral argument in cases involving constitutional, commercial, and intellectual property matters in the US Courts of Appeals for the Second, Eighth, Ninth and Federal Circuits. On the trial-level side of his practice, Mr. Levine has experience with a similar range of cases, including banking law, consumer class actions, complex commercial disputes, and intellectual property matters.

Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Levine was associated with a law firm in Seattle, Washington, and spent a one-year stint in the US Department of Justice as a Bristow Fellow in the Office of the Solicitor General.

Honors and Awards

• Selected as a "Rising Star” in the 2011 New York (Metro) edition of Super Lawyers for his work in the banking and appellate fields.