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A . Kenneth Levine
Fax: 850.841.7778 * Phone: 850.841.7770 Ken Levine serves
as the senior partner of The Levine Law Group. His practice focuses
primarily on Insurance and Financial Services. For almost two decades,
Mr. Levine has provided substantive regulatory counsel and
representation to governmental and business clients. Mr. Levine has
represented purchasers in some of Florida’s largest HMO mergers and
acquisitions, and represented several of the country’s largest trade
associations in administrative proceedings, bid protests, rule
challenges, and negotiated solutions, before numerous agencies of the
State, such as Florida’s Department of Financial Services, Agency for
Health Care Administration, Department of Elderly Affairs, Department
of Environmental Protection, Board of Medicine, the Department of
Management Services, and others.
During the early ‘90s, Mr. Levine served in various legal capacities at
the Florida Department of Insurance (now the Florida Department of
Financial Services), including serving as senior counsel in the Chief
of Staff’s office, and as lead trial attorney, then as Hearing Officer,
in dozens of formal and informal administrative hearings. He also led
the Department‘s prosecutions of unauthorized insurers in federal
courts from Florida to California. Following the devastation of
Hurricane Andrew in South Florida, Mr. Levine helped formulate and
implement a highly successful mediation program, which resulted in the
settlement of thousands of disputed catastrophic insurance claims.
Concurrently, he also served as Florida’s chief negotiator with the
U.S. Department of Commerce to preserve state regulation of insurance
from preemption by NAFTA, GATT and GATS.
Since entering private practice, the State of Florida has retained Mr.
Levine to provide counsel in receivership proceedings and
administration, and the Federal Government has asked him to provide
expert witness testimony with regard to insurance issues. Mr. Levine
also currently serves as national warranty counsel to numerous
computer, electronic, appliance, HVAC, and other system manufacturers.
He serves as retained counsel for Philips-Magnavox, Frigidaire, IBM,
and other global leaders and as general counsel to the American
Manufacturers Warranty Association. He also has served on an advisory
council to the State of California with regard to extended warranty
issues, and now serves on a board of Matthew Bender and Company (a
division of LexisNexis) with regard to insurance issues.
Mr. Levine has attained an "AV" rating by Martindale-Hubbell -- a
rating achieved by only five percent of attorneys -- indicating that he
"has reached the height of professional excellence" and is "recognized
for the highest levels of skill and integrity." Mr. Levine has also met
the heightened standards for reputation, character, and experience
among the insurance community to earn his listing in A.M. Best
Company's Directory of Recommended Insurance Attorneys.
Education
- Tulane University, J.D., 1990, Tulane University, B.S., Management, 1987
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