Richard C. Levin has significant experience in all phases of international arbitration, having tried numerous arbitrations under ICC, AAA, LCIA, Uncitral and ICSID rules as well as acted several times as a member of international tribunals and as sole arbitrator. Mr. Levin is a member of the International Arbitration Institute, the Association Suisse De L’Arbitrage and other organizations relating to international arbitration, as well as the Arbitration Commission of the International Court of Arbitration (ICC), the Task Force on Arbitrating Competition Law Issues and the Task Force on Reducing Time and Expense in Complex Arbitrations. He has been named to the Panel of International Arbitrators for the International Centre for Dispute Resolution. He has spoken and published several articles in this area. Mr. Levin is listed in the “Guide to the World’s Leading Commercial Arbitration Experts” and in “The Roster of International Arbitrators,” 2d Ed (Smit, Carbonneau, and Mistelis, Juris Publishing).
Mr. Levin’s practice also includes all phases of antitrust litigation and counseling, intellectual property litigation, deceptive trade practices claims, fraud litigation and domestic and international arbitration. His litigation experience includes trials, appeals and all forms of discovery, as well as representation of companies and individuals in connection with grand jury investigations. He has served as lead counsel in many large complex cases, including Dow Chemical Co. v. Exxon Corporation, 30 F. Supp. 2d 673 (D. Del. 1998). Mr. Levin counsels corporate clients with their dealer and pricing problems, handles merger and acquisition issues and develops antitrust compliance programs. He also has led the negotiations and antitrust analyses of international joint ventures and acquisitions.
Mr. Levin received his B.A. from Tulane University in 1967 and his J.D. in 1970 from Georgetown University, where he was a member of the law journal Law and Policy in International Business. Following law school, he clerked for the Honorable John C. Godbold, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. After his clerkship, he was an associate at another firm in New York City. He is a member of the Texas Bar and the Dallas Bar Association. He is admitted to practice before the courts of the state of Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court and many courts of appeals and U.S. district courts.
Mr. Levin is a graduate of Leadership Dallas 1992, a member of the board of governors of the Dallas Symphony, a trustee and former member of the executive board of Dallas Opera and a former officer of the Historic Preservation League. He is a past member of the board of directors of the Arts Magnet School and served on the building committee for the Meyerson Symphony Hall. He also is a member of the board of directors of the American Friends of the Salzburg Music Festival and serves on the President's Advisory Council for the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts.
Mr. Levin’s written works include—
- “Certain Procedural Issues in Arbitrating Competition Cases,” Journal of International Arbitration with Liebscher, Kurkela, and Somer, Vol 24, No 2 (April, 2007)
- “EU and U.S. Antitrust Arbitration, A Handbook for Practitioners”—(G. Blanke and P. Landolt, ed), Ch 39: U.S. Enforcement Issues and U.S. Antitrust Law (W. Kluwer, 2011).