WILLIAM M. LEVINE | Mediator & Arbitrator
MWI Divorce & Marital Panel
4 Faneuil Hall - Fourth Floor Boston, Massachusetts 02109-1632
Phone: 617-973-9739 | Fax: 617-973-9532 | Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. | Web: www.mwi.org/divorce

“Bill Levine is one of the most impressive and effective mediators I have ever had the pleasure to work with . . . it is good news for ongoing divorce cases that he is now mediating full time. Family Law Attorney

Dispute Resolution Experience William M. Levine is a mediator, arbitrator, and instructor with MWI.  He is also a principal of the Levine Dispute Resolution Center LLC.  A former family law litigator from December 1978 through 2011, he was a partner in the Boston domestic relations law firm of Lee & Levine LLP, where his practice focused mostly on divorce and related matters, including property, support, custody, paternity, pre and post and separation agreements, equity and other litigation, negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and drafting matters. Before entering the private practice of law, he served as a child abuse and neglect litigator for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Social Services. Bill is identified in every edition of Naifeh & Smith's Best Lawyers a/k/a Best Lawyers in America in the field of family law since 1995. He was identified as one of "The Top 100" in Worth Magazine’s guide to the nation’s best lawyers (December 2005). Bill was included as one of only four family law practitioners in Boston Magazine’s “The Best Lawyers” edition (October 2002). He has received recognition in Massachusetts and New England Super Lawyers publications since their inception (2005 and 2007).  Bill has also authored numerous articles on matters of family law and he teaches frequently in legal education programs and as a guest lecturer at law schools, bar associations and other groups. Representative Matters Mediation and arbitration of all manner of family law matters since 1995. Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities Fellow, American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) (1987 - date) National Arbitration Chair AAML (2005-2008) National Board of Governors AAML (2008-2011) President (2004 -2005), Acting President and other offices and committee chairmanships (AAML - MA Chapter) President’s Award (AAML- MA Chapter) (1995) Fellow, international Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (1990 – date) Member, Board of Directors of the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (2005-2008; 2011 – 2014). Lectures and ADR Trainings Conducted Effective Use of ADR in Family Law Cases (M.C.L.E. 1997) (Chair) AAML Arbitration Training (2009) Mediation (BBA Family Law Section) 2011 MWI Divorce Mediation Training (2011 to present) What Mediators Should Know About Arbitration (MA Council on Family Mediation - 2011) Family Law Arbitration (MBA Family Law Section 2011) Background and Education Northwestern University, B.A. 1974 Suffolk University Law School, J.D., 1978 AAML Matrimonial Arbitration Training (1990) AAML Divorce Mediation Training (1995) Divorce Mediation Training Associates Divorce Mediation Training (1999) Fiske/Israel Marital Mediation Training (2010) Elder Decisions Elder and Adult Mediation Training (2011) Pepperdine University Law School Advanced Mediation Seminar (October 2011)