For nearly forty years, Jack Levin litigated in courts and arbitral forums throughout the United States, beginning his career with a federal clerkship and then with Davis Polk & Wardwell. He was a founding partner of the New York City firm of Howard, Darby & Levin and its successor firm, Howard, Smith & Levin LLP, which merged with Covington & Burling LLP. Beginning in the late 1990’s, he began to acquire training and experience in mediation, arbitration and other alternatives to litigation, as clients increasingly sought conflict solutions with reduced cost and risk. In 2001, while a Covington partner, he served as acting head of litigation (North America) for UBS Warburg. In 2011, he retired from Covington to become a full-time domestic and international arbitrator, mediator and creator of conflict solutions.