Senior Counsel
Internal Investigations & White Collar Defense
Phone: 215-587-1071
Fax: 215-587-1444
rlevine@postschell.com
Counseling and defending corporations, as well as directors, executives, professionals, and others, confronting potential allegations of fraud or other misconduct at all stages of the government enforcement cycle.
Ronald H. Levine is a Senior Counsel and the former Chair of the Firm’s Internal Investigations & White Collar Defense Group. He counsels and defends corporations, as well as directors, executives, professionals, and others, confronting potential allegations of fraud or other misconduct at all stages of the government enforcement cycle: pre-enforcement internal investigations and compliance/governance counseling; responding to government inquiries, audits, subpoenas, search warrants and investigations; and trials and appeals, be they administrative, civil, or criminal.
He has successfully represented clients in a broad spectrum of industries, including health care, pharmaceutical, and medical device, securities, financial services, banking and insurance, high-tech, education, communications, food processing, and transportation.
Formerly Chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia, Mr. Levine’s experience, ability to understand and communicate with law enforcement, close client collaboration and demonstrated willingness to take a matter to trial, have achieved favorable outcomes for his clients: dismissals; acquittals; nominal or low civil settlements; "win-win" regulatory agreements; and government criminal declinations or probation agreements.
Mr. Levine's practice areas include:
Mr. Levine was appointed by the United States Sentencing Commission to be Chair of the Practitioners Advisory Group (PAG), a standing defense attorney advisory group to the Commission. In 2018, he was named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), an invitation-only organization of trial lawyers from the United States and Canada whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of advocacy, ethical conduct, and professionalism. In 2016, Mr. Levine was honored by the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (PACDL) with the Alan Jay Josel Advocacy Award for his advocacy in the U.S. Supreme Court case, United States v. Elonis (the “Facebook threats” case). In 2020, he was selected as a Lifetime Achievement Award honoree by The Legal Intelligencer for his imprint on the legal history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the legal profession during his nearly 40-year career.
During his time at the Department of Justice, Mr. Levine was a member of national working groups responsible for implementing “white collar” law enforcement policies concerning health care and government contracting fraud, qui tam lawsuits, and electronic discovery. Before leading the 80-lawyer Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney's Office, he supervised both its Public Corruption and its Government & Health Care Fraud Units. He successfully prosecuted multi-month RICO or conspiracy trials in the areas of bank fraud, tax shelter fraud, public corruption, and domestic terrorism and received the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service, the Justice Department’s second-highest award. His experience extends across enforcement agencies including the FBI, IRS, SEC, EPA, Postal Inspection Service, DEA, and Offices of Inspector General (OIG) for HHS, FDA, and Departments of Defense, Transportation, and Labor.
Mr. Levine writes and speaks frequently on white collar defense issues. He is past President of the Federal Criminal Law Committee (EDPA), was Vice-Chair of the Corporate Governance Task Force of the American Health Lawyers Association and Project Advisor to its Sarbanes-Oxley Task Force, and participated in the Working Group On Crime As Business at the University of Pennsylvania's Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research. He has also served the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania as a Hearing Committee Member, consulted for both the National Institute of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, and is a Board Member of PACDL and of the Committee of 70, a municipal government watchdog group dedicated to enhancing the efficiency and integrity of city government. He has guest taught or lectured at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple, and Villanova law schools as well as at Brown University, West Chester University, and Penn’s Wharton School.
Over the years, Mr. Levine has been recognized as or listed in:
Ronald H. Levine is a Senior Counsel and the former Chair of the Firm’s Internal Investigations & White Collar Defense Group. He counsels and defends corporations, as well as directors, executives, professionals, and others, confronting potential allegations of fraud or other misconduct at all stages of the government enforcement cycle: pre-enforcement internal investigations and compliance/governance counseling; responding to government inquiries, audits, subpoenas, search warrants and investigations; and trials and appeals, be they administrative, civil, or criminal.
He has successfully represented clients in a broad spectrum of industries, including health care, pharmaceutical, and medical device, securities, financial services, banking and insurance, high-tech, education, communications, food processing, and transportation.
Formerly Chief of the Criminal Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Philadelphia, Mr. Levine’s experience, ability to understand and communicate with law enforcement, close client collaboration and demonstrated willingness to take a matter to trial, have achieved favorable outcomes for his clients: dismissals; acquittals; nominal or low civil settlements; "win-win" regulatory agreements; and government criminal declinations or probation agreements.
Mr. Levine's practice areas include:
Mr. Levine was appointed by the United States Sentencing Commission to be Chair of the Practitioners Advisory Group (PAG), a standing defense attorney advisory group to the Commission. In 2018, he was named a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers (ACTL), an invitation-only organization of trial lawyers from the United States and Canada whose professional careers have been marked by the highest standards of advocacy, ethical conduct, and professionalism. In 2016, Mr. Levine was honored by the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (PACDL) with the Alan Jay Josel Advocacy Award for his advocacy in the U.S. Supreme Court case, United States v. Elonis (the “Facebook threats” case). In 2020, he was selected as a Lifetime Achievement Award honoree by The Legal Intelligencer for his imprint on the legal history of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the legal profession during his nearly 40-year career.
During his time at the Department of Justice, Mr. Levine was a member of national working groups responsible for implementing “white collar” law enforcement policies concerning health care and government contracting fraud, qui tam lawsuits, and electronic discovery. Before leading the 80-lawyer Criminal Division at the U.S. Attorney's Office, he supervised both its Public Corruption and its Government & Health Care Fraud Units. He successfully prosecuted multi-month RICO or conspiracy trials in the areas of bank fraud, tax shelter fraud, public corruption, and domestic terrorism and received the Attorney General's Award for Distinguished Service, the Justice Department’s second-highest award. His experience extends across enforcement agencies including the FBI, IRS, SEC, EPA, Postal Inspection Service, DEA, and Offices of Inspector General (OIG) for HHS, FDA, and Departments of Defense, Transportation, and Labor.
Mr. Levine writes and speaks frequently on white collar defense issues. He is past President of the Federal Criminal Law Committee (EDPA), was Vice-Chair of the Corporate Governance Task Force of the American Health Lawyers Association and Project Advisor to its Sarbanes-Oxley Task Force, and participated in the Working Group On Crime As Business at the University of Pennsylvania's Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research. He has also served the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania as a Hearing Committee Member, consulted for both the National Institute of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security, and is a Board Member of PACDL and of the Committee of 70, a municipal government watchdog group dedicated to enhancing the efficiency and integrity of city government. He has guest taught or lectured at the University of Pennsylvania, Temple, and Villanova law schools as well as at Brown University, West Chester University, and Penn’s Wharton School.
Over the years, Mr. Levine has been recognized as or listed in:
