About Irwin Levin
Irwin Levin is the Managing Partner of CohenMalad LLP and has practiced with the firm since 1978. His practice is concentrated in class actions, mass torts, and commercial litigation. Irwin was lead counsel in two class action cases against the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles for overcharging millions of Indiana citizens, resulting in a $30 million settlement and a subsequent $59 million settlement after trial. He was also Co-Lead Counsel in major antitrust cases against the concrete industry resulting in $59 million in settlements in central Indiana and $18 million in Iowa. Irwin was among the first counsel in the 1996 class action against Swiss Banks on behalf of Holocaust survivors, and later participated in numerous Holocaust-related cases against German banks and corporations. He has been named a Top 50 Super Lawyer in Indiana for 21 consecutive years, including Top 10 in 12 of the past 17 years.
Notable case results
Cohen & Malad attorneys Irwin Levin and Richard Shevitz served on the court-appointed plaintiffs executive committee that negotiated a $1.25 billion class action settlement with Credit Suisse, UBS, and Swiss Bank Corporation on behalf of Holocaust survivors and their heirs.
Cohen & Malad's Irwin Levin secured a $62 million class action settlement in 2017 after proving the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles had knowingly overcharged 5.5 million drivers across more than 100 fee categories for over a decade.
Irwin Levin of CohenMalad served as court-appointed co-lead class counsel in a multidistrict antitrust case against seven central Indiana ready-mixed concrete companies, securing approximately $59 million in combined settlements for construction-industry buyers who paid inflated prices during a four-year price-fixing conspiracy.
Cohen & Malad's Irwin Levin secured a $30 million class action settlement in 2013 after proving the Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles had been charging drivers as much as $6 too much per license for six years.
Class action settlement against Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles for driver's license overcharges
Class action settlement against Indiana Bureau of Motor Vehicles for additional overcharges after trial
In antitrust settlements in central Indiana ready-mixed concrete litigation
In antitrust settlements in Iowa ready-mixed concrete litigation
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Each case is unique and depends on its own facts.
