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Email: mlevy3@law.upenn.edu
Expertise
- Criminal Law
- Evidence
- Criminal Sentencing
Bio
Michael Levy has been the Chief of Computer Crimes at the United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania since September 2001. He has served in the U.S. Department of Justice since 1980 with two one-year excursions into private practice. He has prosecuted fraud, drug, tax and organized crime cases, as well as handling civil and criminal forfeiture actions. From 1991 to 1993, he was the Deputy Chief of the Criminal Division. From 1993 until 2001 he was the First Assistant United States Attorney. In April 2001 the Attorney General appointed him to serve as interim United States Attorney until the confirmation of a presidentially appointed U.S. Attorney.
As Chief of Computer Crime, Mr. Levy has prosecuted computer intrusion, computer fraud, and federal crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children. His most recent conviction was obtained in July 2007 in the prosecution of Anthony Mark Bianchi for traveling to Romania and Moldova to molest young teenage boys
He was recently awarded a Director's Award from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys for his role in negotiating the civil settlement against Medco for health care fraud.
Before joining the U.S. Attorney’s office, Mr. Levy worked as a Public Defender and as an Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia and as an Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He also had his own law practice for four years. He is a 1966 graduate (cum laude) of Brown University and a 1969 Penn Law graduate, where he was a finalist in the Keedy Cup Moot Court Competition.
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Education
- LLB - University of Pennsylvania Law School - '69
- A.B. - Brown University - '66
Courses Taught
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