Lara Levinson is an experienced and dual-qualified English solicitor and U.S. lawyer who focuses her practice on complex civil and appellate litigation, regulatory and internal investigations, and asset forfeiture and recovery matters. In particular, Ms. Levinson regularly represents clients in financial products and services litigation in both English and U.S. courts. Ms. Levinson has briefed several civil appellate matters before the U.S. Courts of Appeals, including for the Second, Fourth and District of Columbia Circuits. 

Prior to joining Kobre & Kim, Ms. Levinson was an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch in Washington DC, where she received the Civil Division Special Commendation Award. While serving there, Ms. Levinson briefed and argued over 30 federal appellate cases, including en banc matters in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit involving government contract disputes, money claims against the government and federal employment disputes. She also served in the Office of the Counsel to the President at the White House and as associate general counsel at the National Gallery of Art.

After law school, Ms. Levinson served as a judicial clerk to the Honorable Anita B. Brody of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and worked on appeals for a sitting by designation on the United State Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

• Lara Levinson Joins Rahman Ravelli and ThoughtLeaders4 Webinar “Art, crime and finance: the full picture”
• Evelyn Sheehan and Lara Levinson Explore Navigating Legal Risks in Luxury Asset Transactions in Private Client Global Elite’s “The Month”
• Kobre & Kim Earns UK Pro Bono Success in Partnership with LawWorks
• Alexandria Swette and Lara Levinson Explore Headwinds in the U.S. Art Market in Citywealth Magazine
• Lara Levinson and Calvin Koo on the Intersection of Anti-Money Laundering and Digital Assets
• Polly Wilkins and Lara Levinson on Responding to Legal Risks for NFT Investors in Sotheby’s Arts & Collections
• Could NFTs Trigger AML Regulation? Benjamin Sauter, Melisa Ortes Gonzalez and Lara Levinson Examine in Forkast News
• U.S. Congressional Investigations of COVID-19 Federal Aid Likely to Go Global
• Kobre & Kim Files Countersuit Against Adare in Waldorf Astoria Financing Case
• Kobre & Kim Attorneys Detail Strategies for Enforcing Judgments against Sovereign Entities in Mealey’s
• The New Art Fraud: Galleries, Dealers are Next Global Hacking Targets
• Transatlantic Legal Awards Shortlist Kobre & Kim for Transatlantic Litigation Team of the Year
• Kobre & Kim Singled Out as Top Firm in Global Arbitration Review's 2014 Asset Recovery Guide
• Kobre & Kim Recognized as Top Firm for Asset Recovery by the Publishers of Global Arbitration Review
• The New Art Fraud: Galleries and Dealers Are the Next Global Hacking Targets
• Clashing With Titans: Effective Judgment Enforcement Against Sovereign Entities
• Two Ways the Art World Could Get Swept into the Sanctions Orbit