Ronald H. Levine

Ronald H. Levine is a Senior Counsel and the former Chair of the Firm’s Internal Investigations & White Collar Defense Group. He counsels and defends corporations, as well as directors, executives, professionals, and others, confronting potential allegations of fraud or other misconduct at all stages of the government enforcement cycle: pre-enforcement internal investigations and compliance/governance counseling; responding to government inquiries, audits, subpoenas, search warrants and investigations; and trials and appeals, be they administrative, civil, or criminal.

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• Multi-national medical device manufacturer under federal investigation for kickback and price reporting violations. Result: Government declination.
• Multi-national pharmaceutical manufacturer under criminal and civil investigation for kickback and off-label marketing violations. Result: Global settlement in amount several multiples below that of comparable “pharma” cases.
• Multi-national electronics corporation targeted in a federal tax fraud investigation. Result: Global criminal and civil settlement with stipulated lower financial penalty. No prosecution of any individuals.
• Multi-national advertising corporation embroiled in a federal corruption/fraud investigation. Result: Criminal declination. No civil exposure.
• Large durable medical equipment corporation subject to undercover recordings and told that its CEO is targeted on health care fraud charges. Result: Criminal declination. Low False Claims Act civil settlement.
• Internal investigations for various hospital systems under federal scrutiny for physician contract practices, hospice billings and diversions of narcotics. Result: No federal criminal prosecutions at all; in several cases, no civil action either; in others negotiated False Claims Act or other settlements.
• Multi-national pharmaceutical corporation suspects employee misconduct. Result: Internal investigation uncovers sales person self-dealing. Internal corrective action.
• Head of investment fund targeted for insider trading.  Result: Criminal declination.
• Congressional staffer indicted in federal public corruption case.   Result: Acquittal on the most serious  RICO conspiracy charge following 6-week jury trial.
• High-ranking executives of multi-national oil, engineering company, and pharmaceutical companies embroiled in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigations. Result: No criminal or civil sanctions.
• High-ranking executive for a collapsed insurance company targeted for insurance fraud due to regulatory filings. Result: Criminal declination.
• State official federally charged in 47-page racketeering (RICO)/fraud indictment. Result: Plea agreement to a misdemeanor tax charge, $250 fine and probation.
• Prominent political consultant and former official under federal investigation for bribery. Result: Plea agreement and probation.
• Political consultant under state investigation for bribery. Result: Immunity granted.
• Surgeon under federal investigation for billing fraud. Result: Criminal declination.
• Young adult charged in felony computer hacking conspiracy with worldwide publicity. Result: Plea agreement to misdemeanor computer charge and probation.
• Physician targeted in DEA investigation for Internet prescribing. Result: Criminal declination. Low civil settlement.

• Conducting internal corporate investigations and compliance audits
• Tracking and responding to administrative, civil, criminal and grand jury investigations
• Representing officers, directors, employees and corporations
• Negotiating settlement, plea and corporate integrity agreements
• Resolving government debarment proceedings
• Training and educating corporations and other enterprises on fraud and abuse exposures
• Trial defense; post-trial and appellate advocacy

• Moderator, “COVID-19 Round-up: Navigating BOP Issues and Federal Criminal Proceedings,” Federal Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee webinar (2020)
• Moderator, “When the Government Looks But Your Client Cannot See: Non-Disclosure Letters, Grand Jury Practice and Search Warrants,” Federal Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee (2020)
• Moderator, “Proffers:  Possibilities, Pitfalls, and Predicaments,” Federal Bar Association, Criminal Law Committee (2018)
• Panelist, "Managing Attorney General Investigations: Increased State Environmental Enforcement and How You Can Survive," Marcellus Shale Coalition's Shale Insight Conference 2017, Pittsburgh, PA (September 27, 2017)
• Panelist, "To Comment or Not Comment: The Ethics of Dealing with the Media in High Profile Cases," Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers' (PACDL) 2016 White Collar Practice Seminar, Philadelphia, PA (November 10, 2016)
• Panel Moderator, "Is The Supreme Court Pro-Defense? That Was The Year That Was (2014-2015)," PACDL 2015 White Collar Practice Seminar, Philadelphia, PA (November 12, 2015)
• Co-Presenter, "ABCs of DEA Enforcement," Pennsylvania Bar Institute’s (PBI) Health Law Institute, Philadelphia, PA (March 13, 2015)
• Co-Presenter, “Creating a Culture of QSR Compliance: A Guide for Building an Effective QSR Team and Incorporating QSR Protocols into Your Comprehensive Compliance Program,” American Conference Institute, 14th National Summit on Reducing Legal Risks in the Sales and Marketing of Medical Devices, Chicago, IL (April 9, 2014)
• Co-Presenter, "The Whistleblowers Among Us: Implications of the FCA, IRS and Other Whistleblower Regimes," ABA Fifth Annual National Institute on Internal Corporate Investigations, Washington D.C. (April 25, 2013) 
• Co-Presenter, "Strategies to Limit the Risk of Individual Liability for 'Responsible Corporate Officers' in the Health Care Industry Under United States v. Park," Pennsylvania Bar Institute Health Law Institute (March 14, 2012) 
• Panelist, “Avoiding Individual Accountability: How to Steer Clear of Prosecution and Exclusion under Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine,” American Conference Institute on Fraud and Abuse in the Sale and Marketing of Drugs (2012)
• Panelist, “Trends in Health Care Fraud Enforcement,” American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime, American Bar Association National Institute on White Collar Crime in Miami, FL (March 2, 2012)
• Co-Presenter, “Conference Room' Advocacy: Favorably Resolving Your Client's Matter With the Government,” The 15th Annual Health Law Institute of the Pennsylvania Bar Institute, Pennsylvania Convention Center (March 12, 2009)
• Mr. Levine has taught or guest lectured on aspects of white collar crime, criminal procedure and trial advocacy at Temple Law School, the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and the Wharton School.
• He has been a faculty member at seminars sponsored by the ABA White Collar Crime Section, the Institute on Federal Program Fraud, the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, the American Health Lawyers Association, the Health Care Compliance Association, the American College of Healthcare Executives and the Philadelphia Bar Association. He has appeared as a panelist on the "Law Journal" television program on the topics of "Terrorism and Civil Liberties" and "The Upcoming Supreme Court Term."
• He has written for Corporate Compliance Officer, Business Crimes Bulletin, Attorney-CPA Update, Briefings On Long-Term Care Regulations and Transport Topics. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of Business Crimes Bulletin.