Michael H Levin

Michael H. (Mike) Levin holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, Oxford, and Harvard Law. He served with the National Labor Relations Board, as top appellate counsel for the Department of Labor's Solicitor's Office for Occupational Safet and Health, and as deputy director of a cabinet-level Carter administration task force convened to reform OSHA. Working with Andy Maguire, Mike designed multiple policy initiatives that meshed with Andy's interests, including a bill to reform the Guaranteed Student Loan Program, legislation that for the first time advocated income-based loan repayment. He continued as fellow with, then consultant to, the Senate Judiciary Committee, then chaired by Senator Ted Kennedy, where his colleagues included Stephen Breyer (later justice of the Supreme Court) and Kenneth Feinberg (later head of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund).