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Henry D. Levine |
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Mr. Levine spearheaded efforts to challenge the federal excise tax on long distance communications, serving as lead counsel for the taxpayer in two-thirds of the tax refund actions in which enterprise customers prevailed (before federal District Courts and Circuit Courts of Appeal). As a direct result of these cases the Internal Revenue Service abandoned taxation of long distance and cellular communications and refunded literally billions of dollars to individual and corporate taxpayers. Mr. Levine has also counseled users and carriers on the treatment of wireline and wireless services for FET purposes. From 1983 through 1992, Mr. Levine was a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Morrison & Foerster, where he founded (and chaired) the firm's Communications Group. He currently serves as Chair of TechCaliber Consulting, LB3’s telecommunications consulting affiliate, and as General Counsel to the Wall Street Technology Association. He has been a member of the Committee on Technologically Enhanced buildings of the National Research Council and the Executive Board of the New York Telecommunications Reliability Advisory Council; was retained by the United States General Services Administration to provide strategic advice and assistance in connection with the FTS2000, FTS 2001, and Networx programs (through which the government purchases much of its telecommunications services); served as counsel to the Ad Hoc Committee of Enterprise Customers in the WorldCom bankruptcy proceeding; and was a key witness in the government’s successful efforts to block the merger of MCI and Sprint. Mr. Levine's writings on telecommunications regulation and transactions include more than 40 articles and chapters in several books. He is a frequent speaker on communications issues before such groups as the United States Senate, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, and Columbia University's Institute for Tele-Information, and has chaired numerous conferences on telecommunications issues. In recent years, he has served on several occasions as an expert witness on issues surrounding telecommunications contracts and their interpretation. In 1996, Network World named him one of the twenty-five most powerful people in networking, citing his "unique experience, knowledge and savvy" in "dealing with the pricing, terms and conditions that shape custom network contracts." Chambers Global and Chambers USA variously describe him as "thought [by clients and peers] to be one of the most knowledgeable lawyers in the industry," and as the lawyer who “wrote the gospel on telecoms negotiation . . . he’s more than an attorney – he really knows the technology.” He is also listed in Washington DC Super Lawyers and The Best Lawyers in America. Mr. Levine received his B.A. from Yale in 1972 and his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 1976. He also holds a Master's Degree in Public Policy from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He is a member of the bars of New York and the District of Columbia, and is admitted to practice before a variety of courts up to and including the United States Supreme Court. LB3’s Hank Levine spoke with Telecom Junkies about the “The State of the TEM Market.” Listen to this two-part podcast here and here. In a Voice Reports White Paper, Hank Levine provides a provocative and insightful look at the future of telecom procurements in “Change in the Procurement of Enterprise Network Services: Are We Moving Down the Track or Jumping It?” For the full article, click here. Contracts and Risk Management 2008 in Review and What to Expect in 2009 A Recession-Era Guide to Network Service Agreements How Carriers Try to Increase Your Spend in Tough Times Thoughts on IPT Deployment Concerns Convergence is Coming – It’s Time to Prepare Welcome to Convergence: Surviving the Next Platform Change Protecting Enterprise Customers After the Telecom Mega-Mergers Federal Excise Tax Litigation LB3 scores another win in the effort to recover Federal Excise Tax overpayments. |
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