L. Kevin Levine, a native of Huntington, West Virginia, joined the law firm of Kay Casto & Chaney PLLC in 2002 and works in the firm’s Charleston, West Virginia office, engaging in a practice concentrated in Music, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Employment Law, Gaming, and Commercial Law, as well as General Civil Litigation. Additionally, Mr. Levine is the chairman of the Kay Casto & Chaney Entertainment Law Group. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Marketing from Marshall University in 1993 and also received a master's of business degree from Marshall University in 1996.  Prior to attending law school, Mr. Levine spent several years as a member of the West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio business communities.  He then attended the West Virginia University College of Law, from which he received his J.D. degree in May of 2002. Mr. Levine also holds a specialist certificate in Music Business from the Berklee College of Music.

While in law school, he was a published member of The West Virginia Law Review, for which he also served as Executive Research Editor from Fall 2001 through Spring 2002. His article, Digital Audio Distribution via the Internet: Is it a “Platinum” Idea or a “One-Hit Wonder”?, was published in the Fall of 2001 at 104 W. Va. L. Rev. 209. Also while attending the West Virginia University College of Law, Mr. Levine was a teaching assistant for the school’s Legal Research and Writing Department; was the first-place winner of the ASCAP Nathan Burkan Memorial Writing Competition for his piece titled The Audio Home Recording Act of 1992; and was a member of the Marlyn E. Lugar Trial Association and the Republican Law Caucus.

He is a member of the West Virginia State Bar and its Committee on Intellectual Property, as well as the American Bar Association and its Forum on the Entertainment and Sports Industries and Intellectual Property and Business Law sections. He also is a member of the New York State Bar Association and its Entertainment, Arts, and Sports Law Section; the Tennessee Bar Association and its Entertainment and Sports Law Section; the Beverly Hills Bar Association and its Entertainment Law, Intellectual Property, and Business Law Sections; and the American Inn of Court.

Mr. Levine is licensed to practice law in West Virginia and Tennessee and is admitted in West Virginia and Tennessee State Courts and in the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. He is a member of Defense Trial Counsel of West Virginia and is recognized by the West Virginia State Bar as a trained mediator.

Mr. Levine has been an active musician in the Huntington-Charleston, West Virginia music community for many years and is a member of Nashville Songwriters Association International (NSAI) and the Chapter Coordinator of the Charleston, West Virginia NSAI Chapter; a member and trustee of the American Federation of Musicians - Local 136; a member of The Recording Academy (formerly the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences); and an ASCAP-affiliated songwriter. Mr. Levine is also the Executive Creative Director of Blue 11 Music Publishing, LLC. Additionally, Mr. Levine is a member of the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association.

A regular contributor to The Mountaineer Musician, Mr. Levine's most recent articles are below as they appeared.
Volume IV, Issue I, Winter 2007
Volume IV, Issue II, Fall 2007