Gregg S. Levin

With more than three decades of legal experience, Gregg Levin has represented domestic and foreign institutional investors and union pension funds in corporate governance, directorial misconduct and securities fraud matters. Gregg assumed his present position as a Senior Counsel in mid-February 2026, having previously served as a Member Attorney with the firm.

Gregg's investigative, research and writing skills have supported Motley Rice as lead or co-lead counsel in numerous securities and shareholder derivative actions, including cases involving HP, Avon, and Cintas Corporation. Gregg manages complaint and brief writing for class action deal cases, shareholder derivative suits and securities fraud class actions.

Prior to joining Motley Rice, Gregg represented institutional investors in securities fraud actions and shareholder derivative actions in federal and state courts across the country, including the WorldCom, Telxon and Global Crossing cases. He also served as corporate counsel to a Delaware Valley-based retail corporation from 1996-2003, where he handled corporate compliance matters and internal investigations.

In 2019, Gregg was appointed as a Vice President of the Institute for Law and Economic Policy, a foundation whose goals include supplementing the resource-limited SEC by educating the public on the importance of private securities fraud litigation in maintaining corporate accountability. Since its inception in the 1990s, the institute has presented and published papers that have been cited in more than 60 federal cases, including several in the U.S. Supreme Court. Appearing in the media to discuss a variety of securities matters, Gregg has also presented in educational forums, including at the Ethics and Transparency in Corporate America Webinar held by the National Association of State Treasurers.

Published Works

Gregg is a published author on corporate governance and accountability issues, having written significant portions of the treatise Shareholder Activism Handbook (Aspen Publishers, November 2005), as well as several other articles of interest to institutional investors, including:

•'In re Cox Communications: A Suggested Step in the Wrong Direction' (Bank and Corporate Governance Law Reporter, September 2005)
•'Does Corporate Governance Matter to Investment Returns?' (Corporate Accountability Report, September 23, 2005)
•'In re Walt Disney Co. Deriv. Litig. and the Duty of Good Faith under Delaware Corporate Law' (Bank and Corporate Governance Law Reporter, September 2006)
•'Proxy Access Takes Center Stage: The Second Circuit's Decision in American Federation of State County and Municipal Employees, Employees Pension Plan v. American International Group, Inc.' (Bloomberg Law Reports, February 5, 2007)
•'Investor Litigation in the U.S. -- The System is Working' (Securities Reform Act Litigation Reporter, February 2007)

Awards, Accolades & Recognitions

Lawdragon

2019 Lawdragon 500 Plaintiff Financial Lawyers

Law360

2022 'Securities MVP'

South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

2022 Leadership in Law Honoree

Best Lawyers

2024-2026 Mass tort litigation / class actions-plaintiffs

Blog Posts

October 30, 2013

Supreme Court case to watch: SLUSA application Causes, Not Just Cases

by: Gregg S. Levin

News

April 28, 2025

The history and legacy of Workers’ Memorial Day

by:
M. Nolan Webb

August 26, 2024

51 Motley Rice attorneys listed in 2025 Best Lawyers in America guide

by: Motley Rice