Mr. Levinsohn is currently the Managing Partner of the New York City Regional Center (“NYCRC”).  In 2008, the NYCRC was approved and designated by the Department of Homeland Security and United States Citizenship and Immigration Services to raise and invest foreign capital in areas of high unemployment throughout New York City.  The goal of the NYCRC is to create jobs.

Mr. Levinsohn is a lawyer and businessman whose work includes many real estate and private equity transactions. Over the past 20 years, Mr. Levinsohn has owned, developed and acted as counsel for numerous real estate transactions throughout the New York metropolitan area. In the past few years, Mr. Levinsohn has acquired over 200 retail commercial properties over a five state region.

Mr. Levinsohn has also been involved in many private equity transactions.  In 2004, he and a group of investors bought and privatized one of the northeast’s largest convenience store/gas station chains.  In 2008, Mr. Levinsohn purchased the assets of a New England nutritional supplement manufacturer that markets its products to major retail outlets like Wal-Mart, Walgreens, CVS, and the Vitamin Shoppe.

In 2002, Mr. Levinsohn was appointed Chief Counsel to the Governor of New Jersey where he oversaw a staff of twenty-one attorneys, and managed all of the legal operations for the Governor’s Office. Mr. Levinsohn also served as a law clerk for Judge Anne E. Thompson, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1995 to 1997.

Before law school, Paul served as a charter corps member of Teach for America. Teach for America is a national teacher corps program that places teachers in rural and inner city school districts. During this time Paul taught American History to a high school in Warren County, North Carolina.

Mr. Levinsohn earned his undergraduate degree from Duke University along with his J.D. and M.A. (political science.) During his time at Duke, Paul was appointed to the University Board of Trustees where he served for a three-year term.

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