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((Infobox law firm
| name                      = Levin Papantonio law firm
| logo                      = Levin_Papantonio_Logo.jpg
| image_size                = 75px
| headquarters              = [[Pensacola, Florida]]
| date_founded              = 1955
| key_people                = David Levin, [[Reubin Askew]], and [[Fred Levin]]
| practice_areas            = [[mass tort]]
| homepage                  = [https://www.levinlaw.com/ Official website]
))

[[File:Fred Levin and some Partners.jpg|thumb|alt=caption| Levin & Askew in the early 1960s. David Levin (top, middle), Reubin Askew (top right), and Fred Levin (bottom left).]]
  
'''Levin Papantonio Rafferty Proctor Buchanan O'Brien Barr & Mougey, P.A.''' is an American [[law firm]] based in [[Pensacola, Florida]], founded in 1955 by David Levin, [[Reubin Askew]], and [[Fred Levin]], originally under the name [https://www.levinlaw.com/our-history Levin & Askew].<ref>((cite news|last1=Moon|first1=Troy|title=Ex-Gov. Askew is 'gravely ill'|url=http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2014/03/13/ex-gov-askew-is-gravely-ill/6356725/|accessdate=28 August 2014|publisher=Pensacola News Journal|date=March 12, 2014))</ref> It is best known for its prominent role in the field of [[mass tort]] litigation, where it started and continues to host the biannual conference called [https://mtmp.com/ Mass Torts Made Perfect].<ref>((Cite web|url=http://mtmp.com/about-mtmp/|title=Mass Torts Made Perfect|last=|first=|date=|website=|publisher=|access-date=August 19, 2016))</ref> In 2016, the [[The National Law Journal|National Law Journal]] recognized Levin Papantonio as one of America's Elite Trial Law Firms.<ref>((Cite web|url=https://etl.law/prior-winners/|title=Prior Winners – America's Elite Trial Lawyers|website=etl.law|language=en-US|access-date=2018-03-29))</ref>

==Notable cases and activities==

The law firm received national recognition in 1980 after receiving an $18 million jury verdict against [[Louisville & Nashville Railroad]] after one of its trains derailed in [[Pensacola]], Florida, killing a young doctor and his wife, and leaving their two young children [[orphaned]]. The jury verdict was the largest [[Damages|compensatory damage verdict]] in U.S. history at the time. Because of the size of the verdict, the firm was featured in an April 1981 issue of ''[[Us Weekly|US]]'' magazine.<ref>((cite journal|last1=Savell|first1=Taris|title=I'll Sue|journal=US|date=April 28, 1981|pages=14–15))</ref>

The law firm again made national news in 1989 with its creation of the first live, prime-time talk show to air lawyers providing free legal advice.<ref>((cite journal|title=Where to Put Your Money for the 1990s|journal=Forbes|date=June 26, 1989))</ref> The show became a lightning rod for potential legal ethics issues, with critics stating: "It's obviously advertising for that law firm that is slanted at having the public believe in higher verdicts, more rights of the injury party and anti-doctor."<ref name="Florida Trend">((cite journal|title=Fredric G. Levin - The renegade among renegades has a clear motivation. He wants to win big cases and lots of money|journal=Florida Trend|date=December 1987|pages=63–66))</ref> The show resulted in two separate [[Florida Bar]] investigations, and one prosecution, when a law firm attorney admitted on-air: "I used to enjoy betting on the football games, and now they've arrested my bookie." Another time, a lawyer ranted about the medical profession and accused doctors of having a "[[God complex]] – they think they are above the law."<ref name="Florida Trend"/>

The law firm's most controversial act occurred in 1993 when it rewrote a Florida statute that allowed the state of Florida to sue the Tobacco Industry, and then orchestrated its passage through the state legislature.<ref>((cite journal|title=For Rigging Statute, Lawyer Wants a Slice|journal=American Bar Association Journal|date=September 1988|pages=51–52))</ref> After the law was upheld by the US [[SCOTUS|Supreme Court]], the Tobacco Industry settled with Florida for an unprecedented $13 billion. The secretive legal maneuvering became part of the national debate on whether personal injury law was negatively impacting the American business environment, including a July 2000 article in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine titled "Are Lawyers Running America?" that included a photo of Fred Levin wearing a red blazer and sunglasses and leaning on a vintage Rolls-Royce.<ref>((cite journal|title=Are Lawyers Running America?|journal=Time|date=July 17, 2000|pages=22–27))</ref>

In a 2014 book about the firm and the topic of personal injury litigation, Josh Young wrote, "It's rare that any major mass tort in the country does not present itself to Levin Papantonio. The firm clearly is considered one of the very few 800-pound gorillas in the field. It has earned that reputation over many decades . . . ."<ref>((cite book|last1=Young|first1=Josh|title=And Give Up ShowBiz? How Fred Levin Beat Big Tobacco, Avoided Two Murder Prosecutions, Became a Chief of Ghana, Earned Boxing Manager of the Year & Transformed American Law|date=2014|publisher=BenBella Books|isbn=978-1-940363-41-7|pages=213–214))</ref> The magazine ''Action Report'' wrote in 2014, "The restrictions on the rights and recoveries of victims of "single injury" cases ultimately moved many firms into mass torts, with the Levin Papantonio firm leading the way in Florida."<ref>((cite journal|last1=Henley|first1=Debra|title=Fighting to the Top & Lifting Others Up with You|journal=Action Report|date=October 2014|volume=24|issue=580|pages=1–2))</ref>

==Notable members==

Notable members of the firm have included [[Reubin Askew]], [[Fred Levin]], [[Mike Papantonio]], [[Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.]], and [[Joe Scarborough]].<!-- Source for RFK and Scarborough? -->

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.levinlaw.com/ Official website]


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