Edward Levin's practice is primarily in real property areas, including real estate financing, leasing, purchase and sale, workouts, and foreclosure.

He has lectured at and chaired seminars sponsored by the Maryland Institute for Continuing Professional Education of Lawyers, Inc. (MICPEL), the Section of Real Property, Planning and Zoning of the Maryland State Bar Association (MSBA), the American Bar Association (ABA), and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL).

Mr. Levin is a past chairman of the MSBA's Section of Real Property, Planning and Zoning, and he served as co-chairman of the Special Joint Committee on Lawyers' Opinions in Commercial Transactions of the MSBA and The Bar Association of Baltimore City. He is counsel to the Maryland Mortgage Bankers Association, Inc. Mr. Levin is co-author with Charles T. Albert of Maryland Real Estate Leasing Forms--Practice. He is a member of ACREL and chaired ACREL's Attorneys' Opinions Committee from 1993 through 1999.

In Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, the respected English publisher Chambers & Partners cites Mr. Levin in the top tier of real estate attorneys in Maryland, calling him a "national leader." He is also listed in the 2007 edition of The Best Lawyers in America for real estate law and in the 2008 edition of the International Who's Who of Real Estate Lawyers. He has been named a Maryland Super Lawyer in 2007, and in 2008 was cited among the top 50 Super Lawyers in Maryland.

In 2007, Mr. Levin received the Maryland Daily Record's Leadership in Law honor, in recognition of his professional accomplishments and his dedication to his occupation and the community. Mr. Levin was selected as the Distinguished Maryland Real Property Practitioner for 2006-2007 by the Section of Real Property, Planning and Zoning of the Maryland State Bar Association. He was selected as Mortgage Associate of the Year in 2004 by the Maryland Mortgage Bankers Association.

Felvétel

• Maryland

Tagságok

• Past Chairman of the MSBA's Section of Real Property, Planning and Zoning
• Co-chairman of the Special Joint Committee on Lawyers' Opinions in Commercial Transactions of the MSBA and the Bar Association of Baltimore City
• Member of the American College of Real Estate Lawyers (ACREL) and chair of ACREL's Attorneys' Opinions Committee (1992 to 1999)
• Counsel to the Maryland Mortgage Bankers Association, Inc.
• Member of Baltimore Area Regional Advisory Board, Chicago Title Insurance Company
• Fellow of the American Bar Foundation

Publikációk

While Mr. Levin was chair of ACREL Attorneys' Opinions Committee, October 1992 - October 1999, ACREL and the ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law jointly prepared and published Report on Adaptation of the Legal Opinion Accord of the Section of Business Law of the American Bar Association for Real Estate Secured Transactions, the Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law of the ABA, and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers, 29 REAL PROP., PROB. & TR. J. 569 (1994), as well as Inclusive Real Estate Secured Transaction Opinion Project Report, published by the ABA and by ACREL in 1998. He was a member of the Drafting Subcommittee of the combined ACREL Attorneys’ Opinion Committee and ABA Section of Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Committee on Legal Opinions in Real Estate Transactions, which prepared "Real Estate Opinion Letter Guidelines," 38 Real Prop. Prob. Tr. J. 241 (2003).

Mr. Levin is the author of numerous articles on attorneys' opinions and other real property-related matters. Among them:

• Author, “Commentary: Ending the Fear of the Fertile Octogenarian; Effective October 1, New Law Abolishes Rule Against Perpetuities for Commercial Transactions,” The Daily Record, Baltimore, Maryland (September 24, 2007)
• Author, Substantive Issues of Due Diligence for Legal Opinions, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, The ACREL Papers 315 (ALI‑ABA Spring 2000)
• Author, “Due Diligence, Legal Opinions and the Inclusive Opinion Report,” Probate & Property (September/October 2000)
• Author, “A User-Friendly Opinion for Real Estate Lawyers,” Probate Property, (July/August 1999)
• Co-author with Charles T. Albert, Maryland Real Estate Leasing Forms - Practice, published by Michie (now Lexis), (1988) and supplemented

Szemináriumok

• Lectured at and chaired seminars sponsored by ACREL, the ABA, MICPEL, and the Section of Real Property, Planning and Zoning of the Maryland State Bar Association.