Josh Levine is a Partner in the Firm’s Litigation Department, where he focuses on government investigations, regulatory enforcement proceedings, and internal investigations.

Prior to joining Simpson Thacher, Mr. Levine was an Assistant United States Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.  In more than seven years as a federal prosecutor, Mr. Levine handled a wide variety of criminal investigations and prosecutions, tried numerous cases to verdict, and briefed and argued numerous appeals before the Second Circuit.  As a member of the Southern District’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, Mr. Levine investigated and prosecuted securities fraud cases involving, among other things, market manipulation, accounting fraud, mail and wire fraud, and deceptive practices in connection with mutual fund trading.  Mr. Levine held a number of supervisory positions in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, including Chief of the Narcotics Unit and Chief of the International Narcotics Trafficking Unit, a senior unit created to prosecute the world’s most significant narcotics trafficking and money laundering organizations.  In 2003, he was a recipient of the Justice Department’s Director’s Award for Superior Performance by an Assistant United States Attorney.

Mr. Levine is admitted to the bar in New York and to practice before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York and the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.  He received his A.B., with distinction in all subjects, from Cornell University in 1991, and his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.  After law school, Mr. Levine served as a law clerk to the Honorable Shira A. Scheindlin of the Southern District of New York.

Honors/Associations

•	Recipient, Justice Department's Director's Award for Superior Performance by an Assistant U.S. Attorney, 2003

Publications

•	As Judicial Scrutiny of the SEC’s Settlement Practices Mounts, the SEC Adopts a Limited Change to Its ‘Neither Admit Nor Deny’ Policy
•	New York Court of Appeals Rejects Martin Act Preemption of Common Law Claims of Breach of Fiduciary Duty and Gross Negligence
•	Supreme Court Considers Tolling of Statute of Limitations in Section 16(b) Claims
•	Reflections on Dodd-Frank: A Look Back and a Look Forward
•	The Supreme Court Limits Rule 10b-5 Liability to Person or Entity Making Alleged Misstatement
•	The Supreme Court Rejects Loss Causation Requirement at Class Certification Stage
•	SEC Announces Final Rules Implementing The Dodd-Frank Whistleblower Program
•	Shedding More Light on Its Cooperation Initiative, the SEC Announces Its First Deferred Prosecution Agreement
•	Last Week’s FCPA Decision In The Government’s Favor Is A Limited Setback For Subjects Of Federal Corruption Inquiries
•	The Supreme Court Considers Loss Causation at Time of Class Certification
•	The Supreme Court Rejects Bright-Line Rule on Disclosure of Adverse Event Reports
•	Renault’s Mea Culpa This Week: A Reminder Of What Can Happen When A Company Investigating A Whistleblower Claim Is Misled
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Materiality Requirement in the Context of Drug Companies’ Disclosure of Adverse Event Reports
•	Shedding Light on Its New Cooperation Initiative, the SEC Announces Its First Non-Prosecution Agreement with a Public Company
•	In Vacating the Conviction of Network Associates' Former CFO, the Ninth Circuit Reminds Prosecutors That Accounting Fraud Prosecutions Carry A High Evidentiary Burden
•	The Supreme Court Considers the Liability of Investment Advisers in Federal Securities Fraud Cases
•	The Sweeping Whistleblower Provisions Tucked Inside Dodd-Frank: Why And How Companies Should Prepare For a New Era of Corporate Whistleblowing
•	Skilling: Is it Really a Game-Changer for Mail and Wire Fraud Cases?
•	The Supreme Court Limits the Extraterritorial Application of the Antifraud Provisions of the U.S. Securities Laws
•	The Supreme Court Holds That The “Honest-Services” Fraud Statute Covers Only Bribery and Kickback Schemes
•	SEC Announces Significant New Initiatives to Encourage Cooperation in Investigations and Enforcement Actions
•	The Filip Memorandum: Does It Go Far Enough?

Speaking Engagements

•	Jonathan Youngwood to Co-Chair and Joshua Levine to Speak at Practising Law Institute’s "Securities Litigation & Enforcement Institute 2011" September 13, 2011

Admissions

•	New York 1996
•	U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York 1997
•	U.S. District Court Southern District of New York 1997
•	U.S. Court of Appeals Second Circuit 2003
•	U.S. Court of Appeals D.C. Circuit 2008
•	U.S. Court of Appeals 8th Circuit 2009

Clerkships

•	Hon. Shira A. Scheindlin, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, 1995-1996

Education

•	University of Michigan Law School, 1995 J.D. cum laude, Order of the Coif
•	Cornell University, 1991 A.B. Distinction in all Subjects