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Michael S. Levinson is a partner in the Cooley Business department. He joined the Firm in 2006 and is resident in the San Diego office.
Mr. Levinson focuses his practice in the areas of real estate and business matters. Michael represents clients across all classes of real estate including hospitality, raw land, retail, office, industrial, and multi-family residential. Besides having handled hundreds of acquisitions, dispositions, leases and other real estate transactions, he has extensive experience with debt financing, equity investments and syndications, and complex joint-venture arrangements.
In 2011 and 2010, Mr. Levinson was recognized by San Diego Super Lawyers magazine in the category of Real Estate.
Before joining the Firm, Mr. Levinson was Of Counsel at Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP.
Mr. Levinson is a native of San Diego. He graduated with Distinction from Stanford University and received his law degree from Stanford Law School (Order of the Coif), where he was Senior Projects Editor of the Stanford Law Review. He clerked for the Hon. William A. Norris of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals prior to practicing law in New York with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and in San Diego with Solomon Ward Seidenwurm & Smith, where he was a partner in the real estate and business departments. He is admitted to practice law in California.
From 1991 to 2001, Mr. Levinson was a senior executive with Marika, a San Diego-based women's athletic apparel manufacturer. He held the positions of General Counsel, VP-Business Development, Chief Operating Officer and then President for the last six years.
Mr. Levinson is on the Board of Trustees of the La Jolla Playhouse. He is a past-director of Jewish Family Service of San Diego, a past-Chairman of the United Jewish Federation (San Diego) Annual Campaign, and past-Treasurer of Congregation Beth El in La Jolla.
He is also a member of the firm's Pro Bono Committee.
Education- Stanford Law School
JD, Order of the Coif - Stanford University
BA Economics, With distinction
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