Barry I. Levy
Partner
Barry I. Levy
Partner
Throughout his career, Barry has worked hand in hand with institutional and individual clients to navigate complex litigation in the insurance, health care and financial services arenas. His deep understanding of his clients’ businesses and the regulatory environment in which they operate, coupled with his trial experience, gives him critical perspective in advising clients on risk avoidance and risk management in an ever-evolving legal landscape.
Contact
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (516) 357-3149
Fax: (516) 357-3333
926 RXR Plaza
Uniondale, NY, 11556
Practice Groups
Bar Admission
New York
Barry I. Levy has more than 30 years of experience in representing clients in the health care, insurance, and financial services arenas. He leads the firm’s fraud and recovery practice, which represents clients nationally in the investigation of internal and external fraud and defalcation/kickback schemes and resulting litigation. Being at the forefront of these issues, the scope of his practice includes counseling clients on an ongoing basis in the development and implementation of investigation techniques and the development of fraud prevention, detection, and recovery plans. Barry and the firm’s practice group have successfully prosecuted hundreds of lawsuits to both terminate systematic schemes and recover financial losses.
In addition, he represents welfare and pension plans, as well as their boards of trustees and plan administrators in matters concerning ERISA compliance, fiduciary duty and prohibited transactions, challenges to plan denials of claims for benefits, challenges to investment decisions, and delinquent employer contribution and collection claims. He also represents clients in federal and state litigation, arbitration, mediation, and administrative proceedings in matters relating to collective bargaining; workplace employment practices (including discrimination and sexual harassment); reductions in force and other restructurings; employment policies and procedures; employee discipline and discharge; and employment agreements, restrictive covenants, and wage and hour practices.
Barry is a frequent speaker at conferences held by both national and regional industry associations on anti-fraud litigation and legislative/regulatory initiatives.
He is a member of the firm’s Management Committee.
Court Admissions
U.S. District Courts for the Eastern, Southern and Northern Districts of New York
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second and Third Circuit
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
U.S. Supreme Court
Bar Affiliations
American Bar Association
New York State Bar Association
New York County Lawyers’ Association, Committee on Federal Courts
Education
Ohio State University College of Law, J.D.
The Ohio State University and Oxford University, B.A.
News & Publications
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54 Rivkin Radler Attorneys Named 2025 New York Metro Super Lawyers®/Rising Stars
October 30 | 2025 -
Levy to Succeed Krinick as Rivkin Radler Managing Partner
September 29 | 2025 -
Over 25 Percent of Rivkin Radler Attorneys Recognized by Best Lawyers in America®
August 21 | 2025
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Barry serves as a member of the Legal Services Committee for the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.
Barry has been named to Best Lawyers in America® for Litigation-Health Care from 2017 to 2026, Insurance Law in 2022, 2024, and 2026., and Litigation-Insurance for the year 2026. In addition, he was named Lawyer of the Year in 2021, 2024, and 2025. This recognition is awarded to individual lawyers with the highest overall peer feedback for a specific practice area and geographic region.
He also was named to Super Lawyers in the Metro New York Area in Business Litigation from 2014 to 2024.
Barry has been involved in hundreds of cases during his career involving the insurance, healthcare and financial services industry – here are some representative examples:
- Digital Land Wireless, Inc. v. Arch Telecom Inc., 2025 WL 1707117 (E.D.N.Y. 2025)(dismissing fraud, promissory estoppel and other misrepresentation claims brought by T-Mobile subdealers against master dealers)
- Clarke v. Government Employees Insurance Company, 2024 WL 4680490 (E.D.N.Y. 2024)(dismissing claim brought by physician and medical practice against insurer alleging violation of New York Civil Rights Law §70-b)
- Andrew Carothers v. Progressive Insurance Company, 33 N.Y.3d 389 (NY Ct. Appeals 2019)(denying motion to set aside trial verdict determining that physician had involved in the corporate practice of medicine and disallowing reimbursement of more than $35 million in claims in relation to approximately 59 New York insurance companies)
- Government Employees Insurance Co. v. Landau & Associates, PA, 2019 WL 12493609 (M.D. Florida 2019)(denying motions to dismiss claims brought by insurer against personal injury and collection law firms based on allegations of improper arrangements with healthcare facilities that and alleging violations of RICO statute and FDUTPA as well as claims for fraud and unjust enrichment)
- Aetna Health Plans v. Hanover Ins. Co., 27 N.Y.3d 577 (NY Ct. Appeals 2016) (affirming motion to dismiss claims brought by commercia health insurance plan seeking subrogation for healthcare payments made on behalf of individual alleged to be eligible for first party medical benefits under automobile insurance policy)
- Government Employees Insurance Co. v. Avanguard Medical Group, PLLC, 27 N.Y.3d 2249 (N.Y. Ct. Appeals 2016)(affirming summary judgment on declaratory judgment claim that insurers were not obligated to pay reimbursement to office based surgical center for facility fees under New York’s no-fault program)
- Petrosurance, Inc. v. National Ass’n of Ins. Commissioners, 514 Fed.Appx. 512013 (2d Cir. 2013)(affirming decision dismissing action brought by Ohio insurer against national insurance regulators alleging violations of RICO statute and common law claims arising from liquidation of insurer)
