Following his years at the MIT and Yale University, he received a J.D. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Michigan Law School. Prior to joining STL, he was the Vice President and General Counsel of Philip Morris Capital Corporation, and earlier, the Chief M&A Counsel for Kraft Foods, Inc. Professor Levene’s earlier career also included positions with three leading multinational law firms, Jones Day, Skadden Arps and Cleary Gottlieb, respectively. He clerked for Judge J. Edward Lumbard on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and Chief Justice Warren Burger on the United States Supreme Court.