About Michael
Michael Levine started his educational journey at Hobart and William Smith Colleges, graduating in 1979. He continued his research at Mercer University’s Walter F. George School of Law and earned his juris physician in 1983. Those years established a steady bridge from a liberal arts schooling into the practice of regulation. The sequence of degrees additionally set the stage for a profession that could straddle New York and New Jersey.
Levine practices in each New York and New Jersey. He has held public office as mayor of the Incorporated Village of Old Field, New York, mixing nearby civic responsibility with a longstanding legal career. Over the years he joined the ranks at Rappaport, Glass, Levine & Zullo, LLP and has been a visible presence at that firm. His municipal service and personal practice have run in parallel, every informing the opposite in realistic methods.
On the expert association front, Levine served in a leadership position with the New York State Trial Lawyers Association. He used to be Immediate Past President of that organization for the 2014–2015 time period. That submit positioned him in the center of conversations about trial practice, professional standards and the association’s activities across the state. Colleagues who labored with him at some point of that period recall an emphasis on member engagement and organizational governance.
In practice, Levine handles matters that occur beneath New York and New Jersey law. He brings years of court and workplace knowledge to client work and to the municipal duties he has carried out. Cases and local government things have occupied much of his calendar over the decades, and he continues to stability litigation and advisory work. Today he's an attorney at Rappaport, Glass, Levine & Zullo, LLP, the place he advocates for clients and advises nearby officers. He focuses his practice on representing clients in things throughout New York and New Jersey.
