The attorneys of LeVan Law Group LLC have substantial trial and appellate experience in a vast range of subject-matter areas, including:
- the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISA") (breach of fiduciary duty, prohibited transactions, ESOP valuation and company stock issues, denial of benefit decisions and other ERISA-related disputes)
- complex commercial disputes (breach of contract, tortious interference with contract, theft of trade secrets, non-compete covenants, breach of fiduciary duty, and a wide variety of business-related disputes)
- financial services litigation (structured finance, investment management, securities lending, foreign exchange and other investment-related disputes)
- IP litigation (trademark, copyright and patent infringement)
- employment litigation (discrimination, retaliation and other employment-related disputes)
- governmental representation
Within these broad subject-matter areas, LLG attorneys have represented plaintiffs, defendants and third-parties, providing the firm with an expansive breadth of experience on all sides of complex litigation and appellate matters.
SELECTED REPRESENTATIVE CASES
Peake v. Commonwealth, 2015 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 585 (Dec. 30, 2015) (Mr. LeVan successfully obtained a unanimous ruling from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, sitting en banc, declaring the lifetime employment ban in The Older Adults Protective Services Act to be facially unconstitutional and enjoining the Commonwealth from further enforcement of the law as against any Pennsylvania citizen)
In re Beacon Associates Litigation, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82192 (S.D.N.Y. May 9, 2013) (approving $219 million settlement in Madoff-related matter in which Mr. LeVan acted as court-appointed lead ERISA counsel)
CompSource Oklahoma v. BNY Mellon, N.A., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 185061 (W.D. Okla. Oct. 25, 2012) (approving $280 million settlement in an action involving BNY Mellon's securities lending program in which Mr. LeVan acted as co-lead counsel)
Dudenhoefer v. Fifth-Third Bancorp, 692 F.3d 410 (6th Cir. 2012) (Mr. LeVan successfully obtained reversal of lower court's decision to dismiss an ERISA company stock case on the pleadings), vacated and remanded on other grounds, 134 S. Ct. 2459 (2014)
Board of Trustees of the AFTRA Retirement Fund v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79418 (S.D.N.Y. June 7, 2012) (approving $150 million settlement involving JPMorgan's securities lending program in which Mr. LeVan acted as court-appointed lead trial counsel)
In re Merck & Co. Vytorin ERISA Litigation, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78681 (D.N.J. Sept. 1, 2009) (in an ERISA company stock case, Mr. LeVan successfully opposed Merck's dismissal efforts)
Trustees of the Local 464A UFCW Pension Fund v. Wachovia Bank, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59796 (D.N.J. July 14, 2009) (in an ERISA breach of fiduciary duty action brought against a discretionary investment manager, Mr. LeVan successfully opposed the financial institution's dismissal efforts)
Uniontown Hospital v. Commonwealth Department of Health, 905 A.2d 560 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2006) (representing the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained dismissal of hospital group's attempt to compel DOH to continue offering angioplasty demonstration project)
Jubelirer v. Rendell, 904 A.2d 1030 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2006) (in an action brought by Pennsylvania's Senate President and House of Representatives' Speaker against Governor Rendell challenging the constitutionality of appropriation disapprovals the Governor made in response to an annual budget bill, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained summary disposition in favor of Governor Rendell and other high-ranking Commonwealth officials), aff'd in part and rev'd in part, 598 Pa. 16 (2008)
Harding v. CareerBuilder LLC, 168 Fed. Appx. 535 (3d Cir. Feb. 27, 2006) (in an age discrimination case, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained a decision affirming the lower court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant CareerBuilder)
In re Schering-Plough Corp. ERISA Litigation, 420 F.3d 231 (3d Cir. 2005) (in a watershed ERISA opinion, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained reversal of a lower court's decision to dismiss an ERISA company stock case on the pleadings)
Chotiner v. Philadelphia Housing Authority, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25436 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 15, 2004) (in a First Amendment retaliation and whistleblowing case, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained summary judgment in favor of defendant PHA)
Willis v. Vie Financial Group, Inc., 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16753 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 6, 2004) (in a case involving Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblowing claims, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained dismissal of nearly all claims asserted against defendant Vie Financial Group)
Nixon v. Department of Public Welfare, 576 Pa. 385 (2003) (working with Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained a judicial declaration that the employment-barring provisions of the Older Adults Protective Services Act were unconstitutional as applied to petitioners)
Peake v. Commonwealth, 2015 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 585 (Dec. 30, 2015) (Mr. LeVan successfully obtained a unanimous ruling from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, sitting en banc, declaring the lifetime employment ban in The Older Adults Protective Services Act to be facially unconstitutional and enjoining the Commonwealth from further enforcement of the law as against any Pennsylvania citizen)
In re Beacon Associates Litigation, 2013 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82192 (S.D.N.Y. May 9, 2013) (approving $219 million settlement in Madoff-related matter in which Mr. LeVan acted as court-appointed lead ERISA counsel)
CompSource Oklahoma v. BNY Mellon, N.A., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 185061 (W.D. Okla. Oct. 25, 2012) (approving $280 million settlement in an action involving BNY Mellon's securities lending program in which Mr. LeVan acted as co-lead counsel)
Dudenhoefer v. Fifth-Third Bancorp, 692 F.3d 410 (6th Cir. 2012) (Mr. LeVan successfully obtained reversal of lower court's decision to dismiss an ERISA company stock case on the pleadings), vacated and remanded on other grounds, 134 S. Ct. 2459 (2014)
Board of Trustees of the AFTRA Retirement Fund v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 79418 (S.D.N.Y. June 7, 2012) (approving $150 million settlement involving JPMorgan's securities lending program in which Mr. LeVan acted as court-appointed lead trial counsel)
In re Merck & Co. Vytorin ERISA Litigation, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 78681 (D.N.J. Sept. 1, 2009) (in an ERISA company stock case, Mr. LeVan successfully opposed Merck's dismissal efforts)
Trustees of the Local 464A UFCW Pension Fund v. Wachovia Bank, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 59796 (D.N.J. July 14, 2009) (in an ERISA breach of fiduciary duty action brought against a discretionary investment manager, Mr. LeVan successfully opposed the financial institution's dismissal efforts)
Uniontown Hospital v. Commonwealth Department of Health, 905 A.2d 560 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2006) (representing the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained dismissal of hospital group's attempt to compel DOH to continue offering angioplasty demonstration project)
Jubelirer v. Rendell, 904 A.2d 1030 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2006) (in an action brought by Pennsylvania's Senate President and House of Representatives' Speaker against Governor Rendell challenging the constitutionality of appropriation disapprovals the Governor made in response to an annual budget bill, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained summary disposition in favor of Governor Rendell and other high-ranking Commonwealth officials), aff'd in part and rev'd in part, 598 Pa. 16 (2008)
Harding v. CareerBuilder LLC, 168 Fed. Appx. 535 (3d Cir. Feb. 27, 2006) (in an age discrimination case, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained a decision affirming the lower court's grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant CareerBuilder)
In re Schering-Plough Corp. ERISA Litigation, 420 F.3d 231 (3d Cir. 2005) (in a watershed ERISA opinion, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained reversal of a lower court's decision to dismiss an ERISA company stock case on the pleadings)
Chotiner v. Philadelphia Housing Authority, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 25436 (E.D. Pa. Dec. 15, 2004) (in a First Amendment retaliation and whistleblowing case, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained summary judgment in favor of defendant PHA)
Willis v. Vie Financial Group, Inc., 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16753 (E.D. Pa. Aug. 6, 2004) (in a case involving Sarbanes-Oxley whistleblowing claims, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained dismissal of nearly all claims asserted against defendant Vie Financial Group)
Nixon v. Department of Public Welfare, 576 Pa. 385 (2003) (working with Community Legal Services of Philadelphia, Mr. LeVan successfully obtained a judicial declaration that the employment-barring provisions of the Older Adults Protective Services Act were unconstitutional as applied to petitioners)
