Ira M. Levin

Ira M. Levin is a Partner at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, P.C. Ira serves the commercial litigation and general commercial legal needs of entrepreneurs, partnerships, and family business interests, as well as middle market and publicly traded companies.

Ira counsels his private clients in connection with acquisitions and divestitures, traditional labor and employment matters, as well as regulatory matters. He has tried cases to both juries and judges in state and federal courts and before arbitrators and administrative agencies. Ira has also argued appeals in both state and federal appellate courts and has been engaged by trade associations as outside counsel in matters of special interest.

Ira's practice has an emphasis on motor vehicle franchise matters. He represents public and private entities in automobile manufacturer relations, the purchase and sale of automobile dealerships and dealer groups, dealership real estate, and all related dealership litigation. In connection with his work on motor vehicle franchise disputes under the Illinois Motor Vehicle Franchise Act, Ira frequently appears before the Illinois Motor Vehicle Review Board. He has successfully argued several appeals on behalf of motor vehicle dealers before the Board, including before the Illinois Appellate Court and the Illinois Supreme Court. Following the Chapter 11 reorganizations of GM and Chrysler in 2009, Ira arbitrated on behalf of franchise owners in more than 30 reinstatement cases, winning two of the only three Chrysler reinstatement cases filed in Illinois.

Ira has prosecuted and defended a wide range of contractual and business tort claims including shareholder disputes and fiduciary duty and tortious interference claims. He has represented real estate developers in a variety of real estate disputes and has prosecuted and defended companies in labor and employment matters including the Fair Labor Standards Act, non-competes, and trade secret cases. Ira also has significant experience defending professional liability claims as well as consumer claims, including class action defense work in both federal and state courts.

Ira is a member of the Federal Trial Bar and is admitted to practice in all courts in the state of Illinois, the Northern District of Illinois, and the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

• Through a peer review conducted by Martindale-Hubbell, the leading legal rating service in the United States, Mr. Levin received a ranking of AV Preeminent: "possessing the highest level of professional excellence." 

• Federal Trial Bar
• National Auto Dealer Counsel (NADC)