Lev Ginsburg is a member of our firms legislative and healthcare legal teams. In his role, Lev will be joining as a Partner with Hinman Straub and will also serve as Executive Director of the New York State Conference of Blue Cross Blue Shield Plans (NYSCOP). Prior to joining the firm, Lev spent eleven years at The Business Council, most recently as Counsel. He was responsible for The Business Council’s advocacy on Health Care and Health Insurance issues, Financial Services, Legal Reform, as well as running the Council’s Amicus Curiae program. He sat on the Board of Governors for the New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board and the New York Workers’ Compensation Board’s Medical Advisory Committee. Prior to that, for seven years he served as an attorney and then staff supervisor with the former New York’s Governor’s Office of Regulatory Reform (GORR). He had previously worked as a political campaign coordinator and as an aide to U.S. Senator Arlen Specter.
Lev has served and continues to serve on and lead a number of community not-for-profit organization boards. He has presented numerous Continuing Legal Education programs and has been a regular public speaker on a wide range of topics that impact business. Lev was a 2013 recipient of City & State’s “Rising Stars under 40” award for his work in preparing businesses for changes in law related to the Affordable Care Act and was chosen as one of City & State’s 2020 “Health Power 100”.
Lev received his J.D. from Yeshiva University’s Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law and his B.A. in history from the University of Buffalo.