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WilmerHale
2100 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington DC 20036
United States

Work Department

Class Actions ; Commercial Litigation ; Coronavirus (COVID-19) Task Force ; Government and Regulatory Litigation ; Litigation ; Securities Enforcement ; Securities Litigation ; State Attorneys General ; Trials

Position

Partner

Co-Chair, Trial Practice

Career

Hallie B. Levin is a seasoned trial lawyer who serves as lead counsel on high-stakes commercial disputes in federal and state courts and arbitral tribunals. Ms. Levin represents clients in connection with a broad range of matters, including complex contractual disputes, antitrust cases, business torts, trade secrets cases, and high-stakes government investigations, including those brought by state Attorneys General. In recent years she won a resounding victory as co-lead trial counsel for clients T-Mobile and Deutsche Telekom in a landmark antitrust trial in which Attorneys General from 13 states and the District of Columbia failed in their effort to enjoin the merger of T-Mobile and Sprint. Ms. Levin examined critical witnesses at trial, including T-Mobile’s CEO and its President. Ms. Levin was named as Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer Litigation Daily and a Winning Litigator by The National Law Journal in 2020 for her work on the trial, and the favorable outcome was reported worldwide, including in The New York Times, the Wall Street JournalThe Financial Times and Bloomberg.

In 2021, Ms. Levin was again named Litigator of the Week by The American Lawyer Litigation Daily after serving as lead trial counsel in a complete victory for T-Mobile in a breach of contract dispute against Cox Communications before the Delaware Court of Chancery. In 2021, Ms. Levin was also featured in The American Lawyer Litigation Daily as a Litigation Leader and was named among The American Lawyer‘s 2021 Northeast Trailblazers. She was honored in the 2020 and 2021 editions of Benchmark Litigation as one of the Top 250 Women in Litigation, and was selected by Benchmark Litigation in its 2021 edition as Local Litigation Star in New York.

Her skills in the courtroom, her nuanced strategic insights and guidance, and her commitment to delivering efficient results have earned her the trust and loyalty of clients across a diversity of industries, including financial services, telecommunications, consumer products, hedge funds and media.

Professional Activities

Ms. Levin has demonstrated her commitment to improving the legal profession and system through her active leadership of some of New York’s most prominent professional organizations. She has served as Vice President of the New York City Bar Association, as well as the Chair of its Executive Committee. She is a member of the Executive Committee of the Federal Bar Council, and has also served as its Vice President and Secretary. She has also served as Vice President of the Federal Bar Foundation. She was a founding member of the Federal Bar Council Inn of Court and served as its membership chair.

Memberships

  • New York
  • US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • US District Court for the Southern District of New York
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • US District Court for the Eastern District of

Education

JD, Harvard Law School, 1996

BA, History and Sociology of Science, University of Pennsylvania, 1993

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes

(Leading lawyers)

Hallie LevinWilmerHale

WilmerHale litigates a wide array of commercial disputes ranging from unfair practices lawsuits to Native American tribal sovereignty cases. In Washington DC, litigation department chair Howard Shapiro is a white-collar crime specialist who is currently representing DISH Network in a major False Claims Act lawsuit. Los Angeles-based practice vice chair Noah Levine ‘s practice extends to litigated data breach matters. John Butts chairs the commercial litigation group from the firm’s Boston office, and recently represented T-Mobile in a lawsuit that successfully prevented Cox Communications from launching a wireless service with a rival company. In New York, Hallie Levin’s broad practice extends to government investigations; the seasoned trial lawyer recently represented Reckitt Benckiser in a major trade secrets lawsuit. Boston-based Felicia Ellsworth is a trial and appellate litigator who recently argued on behalf of Harvard University at the U.S. Supreme Court in a racial discrimination suit. Further recommended is patent dispute specialist Sonal Mehta who practices from the firm’s Palo Alto office.