Levi Settle
*** ****** **. **********, ** ***** *5 Sycamore Ave. Charleston, SC 29407
814-***-**** adzajy@r.postjobfree.com
EDUCATION
Charleston School of Law, Charleston, SC
Juris Doctor, expected May 2024
ACTIVITIES: Business Law Society, Transactional Law Society, 1st Generation Law Society
HONORS: Pro Bono Honors Award
Lock Haven University, Lock Haven, PA.
Bachelor of Liberal Arts in Political Science; Pre-law Concentration, Minor in Economics, August 2021
GPA: 3.49
ACTIVITIES: Pre-Law Club, Spanish Club, Intermural Basketball
HONORS: The Chris and Sherry Dwyer Political Science Scholarship
EXPERIENCE
Highmark Health, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA.
Case Management Legal Intern May 2023 – August 2023
•Coordinated sessions with business owners insured in the West Virginia market to discuss applicable WV Senate mandates.
oAssisted with action items / notes during meetings and answered business owners’ questions regarding prior authorization and gold carding updates.
oReported status updates to the legal and tech teams to assist with implementation across the state health network and compliance with legislative mandates.
•Assisted out-of-house counsel and the Risk & Regulatory Intelligence team in preparing a risk adjustment data validation in compliance with annual federal audits of health plan enrollment data administered jointly by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the office of Health & Human Services.
•Researched and prepared memorandums on topics for review by in-house legal / RRI regarding required forms of ‘Notice of Denials to Enrollees’ and ‘authorized providers v. medical power-of-attorneys’ by jurisdiction, for appeals and grievances purposes.
The Riverstone Group, Manchester, NH. November 2022 – May 2023
Legal Intern
•Worked with APO legal services on various direct insurance and re-insurance solutions.
•Conducted re-insurance run-off litigation research; drafted and distributed memorandums on duty-to-defend vs. duty-to-indemnify as well as findings on authoritative caselaw regarding extrinsic evidence admission.
•Updated the coverage handbook with conflict-of-law research in all U.S. jurisdictions on:
oPolicy limits in multi-year policies / Consents-to-settle / Insurability of punitive damages / Choice-of-law / Self-insured retentions v. deductibles / Right to control the defenses
•Conducted research on retrospective reinsurance solutions, specifically arbitration vs. litigation on worker’s compensation claims.
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Gramercy Fund Management, Greenwich, CT. June 2022 – August 2022
Legal Intern / Investment Management Intern
•Drafted and distributed memorandums regarding proposed SEC rules on reporting and allocation for hedge funds, Nondisclosure Agreements dispute resolution forums, the pros and cons of arbitration vs. court litigation, and forum selection for favorable dispute resolution for investment managers.
•Created presentations via Excel spreadsheet regarding current and proposed environment, social, and governance requirements, side/subscription agreements, and contract management/outsourcing services for the purpose of outsourcing NDAs.
•Conducted a Gap analysis of the Chair of Gramercy, Muhamed El-Arien
District Attorney’s Office, Centre County, PA. May 2021 – August 2021; December 2021
Legal Intern
•Observed court proceedings, including arraignments, preliminary hearings, attorney/client interviews and criminal trials.
•Assisted in the preparation of subpoenas, briefs, and memorandums.
•Attained proper information from the prosecutor’s management system and properly completed the forms, sending them to the proper filing destination.
•Maintained the prosecutor's management system with individual defendant’s court record, including statute of limitation extensions, offense categories, and attorney notes.
SKILLS/INTERESTS
•Politics, traveling, fitness, socializing, vehicles.