Andrew Levetown is an experienced trial lawyer and corporate investigator. 

He has practiced law as an Assistant United States Attorney, as in-house counsel, where he headed corporate compliance, and as defense and plaintiffs’ counsel. He has litigated cases involving allegations of securities fraud, antitrust violations, consumer frauds, toxic torts, patent infringement, Title VII violations trade secret thefts and violations of restrictive covenants.

As an investigative attorney, he has performed complex domestic and international litigation-related investigations involving allegations of potential FCPA violations, import and export violations, trade secret thefts, corporate malfeasance, embezzlements, mortgage fraud, securities fraud, price fixing, evidence destruction and FCA whistleblower investigations.  He has also led investigations as class counsel involving defective and dangerous products, consumer frauds, bank frauds and unlawful business practices.

Mr. Levetown has led investigations into many well-known corporate malfeasance cases, and he has conducted internal investigations for Fortune 500 companies for corporate counsel, with outside counsel and for Audit Committees of Boards of Directors.

In recent cases, Mr. Levetown investigated and litigated cases involving alleged healthcare fraud by a union leader, by a General Counsel of a defense contractor, and by a president of a sports franchise, and he is involved as co-counsel in several class actions against automobile companies and against various universities.

In the past two years, he has tried cases in federal courts in Virginia and in the District of Columbia, and he is co-counsel on cases pending in state and federal courts in Virginia, California, New York, North Carolina, and Texas.

EXPERIENCE

  • Trial attorney
  • Class actions and mass torts
  • Global / cross-border investigations
  • Corporate compliance & risk management
  • Financial crimes investigations
  • Government enforcement
  • Due diligence & asset searching
  • Litigation-related investigations, witness interviews, witness identification
  • Investigations for boards of directors, corporate counsel
  • Intellectual property investigations & enforcement

EDUCATION

  • J.D., GWU, National Law Center 1988
  • B.A., University of Virginia 1984

RELEVANT POSITIONS HELD

  • Partner, Levetown Law, LLP (Class actions, mass torts, federal and state court litigation, and appeals)
  • Partner, Ivey & Levetown (federal court litigation and appeals)
  • Managing Partner, Levetown & Jenkins, LLP (Patent Enforcement, Class Actions, Antitrust Investigations)
  • Assistant United States Attorney, District of Columbia
  • Litigation Associate, Reed Smith, LLP. Pittsburgh, Pa
  • Managing Director, FTI Consulting (Global Risk Consulting & Investigations)
  • Division President, First Advantage
  • Co-Founder, CEO, CoreFacts, LLC. (Computer Forensics, Investigations)
  • President and General Counsel, Insight Diligence, LLC. (Due Diligence & Corporate Investigations)
  • Managing Director & Regional Counsel, Kroll Associates (Corporate Investigations, In-House Compliance Counsel)
  • Senior Managing Director & Counsel, DSFX (Corporate Investigations, In-House Compliance Counsel)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

  • District of Columbia Bar, Member
  • Federal District Court in the District of Columbia, Member
  • 4th Circuit Court of Appeals, Member
  • Pennsylvania Bar, Member (Inactive)
  • Assistant United States Attorneys Association, Member
  • University of Virginia Alumni Association
  • National Law Center Alumni Association
  • AgriSmart, Corporation, Advisor