Joshua A. Levine has been elected as a partner at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, the law firm announced today. Levine, a former AUSA in the Southern District of New York is resident in Simpson Thacher’s New York office and is among five attorneys elected as partners effective January 1, 2009. Levine’s practice focuses on government investigations, regulatory enforcement proceedings, and internal investigations.
While an AUSA, Levine served as a member of the Southern District’s Securities and Commodities Fraud Task Force, where he 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.
