Professional Liability
In his career as a litigator, trial judge, mediator, arbitrator, case evaluator, and special master, Judge Levie has gained vast experience in the handling of complex and complicated professional liability disputes arising from a broad variety of substantive subject areas. As a mediator, Judge Levie draws on his professional experiences, ability to relate to people, creativity, and tenacity to work exhaustively with parties and counsel to reach a resolution. As an arbitrator, Judge Levie works with counsel to develop a comprehensive case management order that is appropriate to the particular dispute. He then guides proceedings in an efficient, expeditious, and cost-efficient manner toward hearing and decision.
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Representative Matters
- Accounting/Auditing Malpractice
- Mediated multiple alleged malpractice claims each involving millions of dollars arising from problems relating to conduct of audits and advice relating to treatment of items on financial statements
- Arbitrated lengthy case involving alleged failure of audit to find fraud leading to losses asserted to be in the tens of millions
- Actuarial Malpractice
Mediated case involving allegations of multi-million dollars of losses due to advice from actuaries to a pension plan
Architectural Disputes
- Mediated several disputes between architects and clients over design of architectural changes and compliance with architectural contracts in residential matters
Legal Malpractice
- Mediated three cases each involving allegations of malpractice against law firms in connection with failing to timely file or prosecute patent applications
- Mediated multiple cases alleging improper advice from counsel, missing of statute of limitations, lawsuit dismissals arising from failing to follow court orders and conflicts of interest; cases involved a wide variety of subject matters including telecommunications, software technology, and real estate
Medical Malpractice
- Mediated multiple cases involving allegations of failure to diagnose, improper diagnoses, failure of physicians to communicate regarding patient care, surgical errors, and anesthesia administration errors with numerous medical specialties and sub-specialties; cases involved either death or catastrophic injury with assertions of substantial economic and non-economic losses
- Handled case involving claims against a psychiatrist
Professional Organizational Disputes
- Mediated law firm break up and then arbitrated disputes regarding client notification, client assignment, and distribution of fees
- Arbitrated amount of fees due departing partner
- Mediated dissolution of dental practice
- Arbitration of law firm dissolution
- Mediation of dissolution of business providing medical services
