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Joel
R.
Levin
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Joel Levin is a member of the firm’s Investigations & White Collar Defense practice. His practice focuses on internal investigations and defense of white collar matters, including health care fraud, bank fraud, antitrust, insider trading and criminal tax cases. Joel has represented FORTUNE 500 companies, as well as corporate officers, directors and individual clients in a wide variety of significant and sensitive investigations. Joel has extensive experience representing individuals in the banking industry in both civil and criminal proceedings, including FDIC investigations and federal investigations of mortgage and bank fraud. Joel has also successfully represented companies in licensing and regulatory proceedings before the City of Chicago Inspector General’s Office and the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Joel has years of courtroom experience, having tried more than 40 federal criminal and civil jury trials during the course of his career. As a federal prosecutor, Joel was part of the trial team that successfully prosecuted former Illinois Governor George Ryan.
Prior to joining Perkins Coie, Joel had a distinguished career as a federal prosecutor in Chicago, San Francisco and Milwaukee, focusing on the investigation and prosecution of complex fraud and financial crimes in conjunction with the FBI, IRS, Postal Inspection Service and other law enforcement agencies. Joel served as Chief of the Criminal Division in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Francisco from 1995 - 1997 and immediately prior to joining Perkins Coie, he was Chief of the Financial Fraud and Special Prosecutions Section in the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Chicago. As a prosecutor, Joel investigated and tried a wide variety of cases including bank fraud, health care fraud, multi-million dollar investment frauds, securities violations, racketeering enterprises, political corruption, bankruptcy fraud and tax violations. During his tenure with the Justice Department, Joel was a four-time recipient of the Director’s Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
- Represented Fortune 500 company in antitrust price-fixing investigation
- Represented high level administrator of state university in investigation of university admissions practices
- Represented individual under indictment on alleged health care fraud and anti-kickback violations
- Represented State of Indiana in landmark racketeering case, resulting in judgment of $108 million against former East Chicago public officials
- Represented health care providers in federal investigations of wrongful billing practices
- Successfully represented debt collection company in licensing proceeding before Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
- Represented corporate executive under investigation for insider trading
- Counseled a foreign medical device company regarding compliance with the Physician Payment Sunshine Act
- Represented individual under indictment for mortgage fraud
- Represented officer of failed bank in investigation by FDIC
- Represented witnesses in high-profile public corruption investigations of conduct by state and local elected officials
- Successfully represented employee in antitrust price-fixing investigation
- Represented federal law enforcement employee in criminal investigation of alleged misconduct by federal and local agents
- Represented airport contractor in investigation into compliance with minority contracting requirements
Professional Recognition
- Listed as an Illinois Super Lawyer as published by Law & Politics, 2008 - 2013
- U.S. Department of Justice, Director's Award for Superior Performance as an Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1990, 2001, 2003 and 2006
- Chicago Crime Commission, "Stars of Distinction Award," 2006
- Award for Excellence, U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General, 2006
- Inspector in Charge Award, United States Postal Inspection Service, 2003
- Federal Bar Association, Frank McGarr Award, 2002
- Cook County Crime Prevention Excellence in Law Enforcement Award, 2001
- Rated superb on Avvo.com
Professional Leadership
Community Involvement
- World Chicago, Board of Directors
- Board of Immigration Appeals, Authored Appeals Brief, 2010
- Rotary Club, Past President
Related Employment
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois, Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1997 - 2008; Financial Fraud and Special Prosecutions Section, Chief, 2007 - 2008; Major Case Section, Deputy Chief, 2004 - 2006; Criminal Division, Attorney, 1997 - 2004
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of California, Criminal Division, Chief, 1995 - 1997; Supervisor, 1993 - 1995; Attorney, 1984 - 1993
- U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Wisconsin, Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1980 - 1984
- Chapman and Cutler, Municipal Finance Department, Chicago, IL, 1979 - 1980
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- Harvard Law School, J.D., cum laude, 1979
- Yale University, B.A., magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1976
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