White & Case LLP - Lawyers

Practice Experience

Daniel Levin represents clients on a wide range of issues involving criminal and civil investigations, internal corporate investigations and complex civil litigation.

Mr. Levin has worked on numerous internal investigations, including investigations involving allegations of accounting irregularities, options backdating, violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, and other issues. He has extensive experience with white collar defense, including campaign finance matters, and also with a wide range of complex civil litigation and has represented clients in securities fraud class actions, including obtaining a defense verdict in the Eastern District of Virginia that was affirmed on appeal; intellectual property litigation; advertising disputes; products liability litigation and arbitrations.

Government Experience

Prior to joining White & Case LLP, Mr. Levin has held a number of prestigious positions in the government including:

Senior Associate Counsel to the President and Legal Adviser to the National Security Council, 2005
Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, 2004-2005
Chief of Staff to Attorney General, William Barr, 1991-1993
Chief of Staff to Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert Mueller, 2001-2002
Assistant US Attorney, Central District of California, 1995-2001, prosecuting numerous jury trails, including several multi-month, multi-defendant racketeering trials and the first federal death penalty case in the district in over thirty years
Trial Attorney, Environmental Crimes Section, Department of Justice, 1987-1988
Counselor to Attorney General, John Ashcroft, 2001, 2003-2004
Counselor to US Attorney for the Northern District of California, Robert Mueller, 1999

Bars and Courts
California State Bar
New York State Bar
District of Columbia Bar
US Supreme Court
admitted to numerous circuit and district courts

Education
JD, University of Chicago Law School, graduated first in class, Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, 1981
BA, Harvard College, Phi Beta Kappa, John Harvard Scholar, Detur Prize, 1978

Speaking Engagements
"Confidential Advice from My Tax Lawyer, Is it Still Protected by the Attorney-Client Privilege and the Work Product Doctrine?" Tax Executive Institute, Washington, DC March 2009
"The Current Financial Crisis and the Prospects for Legislative and Regulatory Changes in 2009," White & Case, Washington, DC, March 2009
"Justice and the New Administration," American University Law School, Washington, DC, November 2008
"Implementing and Monitoring an Effective Anti-Corruption Compliance Program for Chinese Operations," ACI China Summit on Anti-Corruption, Shanghai, China, July 2008
"How to Conduct Effective Anti-Corruption Due Diligence in M&As in China," ACI China Summit on Anti-Corruption, Shanghai, China, July 2008
"Administration Lawyers and Administration Interrogation Rules," Witness, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, Committee on the Judiciary, United States House of Representatives, Washington, DC, June 2008
National Security Law, Justice Department and Related Topics, Harvard Law School, Georgetown Law School, Howard Law School, American University Law School

Languages
English

Citizenship
United States