Jess W. Levins
Managing Partner
Location:
Fort Myers, Florida
Phone:
239-344-9471
888-312-0536 (Toll Free)
888-312-0536 (Toll Free)
Fax:
239-437-1196
E-mail:
Dr. Levins is a member of the Florida Bar and Lee County Bar Association. He is a Certified Management Accountant (CMA) and is Certified in Financial Management (CFM). He has taught a variety of courses at Florida universities including Investments, International Finance, Managerial Accounting, Managerial Finance, Statistics, and Advanced Economics. Dr. Levins is licensed as a Professional Engineering (PE) in Ohio and Florida.
Areas of Practice
- Estate Planning
- Probate
- Bankruptcy
- Corporate
- Wills
- Trusts
- Asset Protection
- Prenuptials
- Postnuptials
- Real Estate
- Copyrights
- Trademarks
Certified Legal Specialties
- Certified Management Accountant (CMA), 2002
- Certified in Financial Management (CFM), 2002
- Professional Engineering License (PE), Florida (1993) and Ohio (1977)
Bar Admissions
- Florida
- U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida
Education
- Florida International University College of Law, Miami, Florida
- J.D.
- Honors: Graduated 18th in Class
- Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Doctorate in Business Administration (Summa Cum Laude)
- Major: Finance
- University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
- M.S.
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
- Xavier University
- M.B.A.
- University of South Florida
- B.S.
- Honors: Member of Tau Beta Pi, National Engineering Honor Society
- Major: Mechanical Engineering
Published Works
- The Effect of Smaller Firm Size and Change in Firm Size on Altman's Revised Bankruptcy Prediction Model, Doctoral Dissertation, 1997
- "Small Firm Bankruptcy Prediction Using Discriminate Analysis", (Co-Authors with Sherbo, Soenen, and Chun), Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, V4N2, (pp. 98-106) - January, 1999
- "Converting Distribution Centers to a Frame Relay Based WAN", Project Management Journal, V29N1, (pp. 44 - 52) - March, 1998
- "Are Price and Quality Obsolete? Financial Survival Using Adaptive Marketing", Journal of Customer Service in Marketing and Management, V4N2, (pp. 65 - 76), 1998
- "A Review of Bankruptcy Prediction", Journal of Applied Management and Entrepreneurship, V3N2, (pp. 171-184) - June, 1997
- "IT Outsourcing: Heaven, Hell or Purgatory", Journal of Bank Cost & Management Accounting, V9N3, (pp. 27-47), 1996
Classes/Seminars
- IT Outsourcing, National Conference ISFMA
- Alternative Financing, AWDA Finance Committee Conference
- Program Discussant, Annual Meeting of Midwest Finance Association
- Financing Alternatives, Annual Meeting of APA
- Program Participant, Southern Finance Association Annual Conference
- Investments, International Finance, Risk Management of Derivatives, Florida Atlantic University
- Derivatives, Managerial Accounting, Managerial Finance, Statistics, Nova Southeastern University
- Advanced Economics, International Management & Marketing, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
Honors and Awards
- Sigma Beta Delta (National Honors Society in Business, Management and Administration)
- Tau Beta Pi (National Engineering Honors Society)
Professional Associations and Memberships
- Lee County Bar Association
- Estate Planning Council of Lee County
- Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association
- Southwest Florida Bankruptcy Professionals
Past Employment Positions
- NAPW Inc., Chairman & CEO, 1991 - 2001
- FAI, CFO & Director, 1985 - 1991