dkobrin@vanfeliu.com
PRACTICE AREAS:
Litigation
EDUCATION:
University of Pennsylvania, B.A., cum laude, 2000
Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, M.S.W., 2004
Fordham University School of Law, J.D., 2005
BAR ADMISSIONS:
New York, 2006; U.S. District Courts, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, 2006
Debra Kobrin Levy joined Vandenberg & Feliu, LLP as an associate in September 2005. Her practice consists primarily of commercial litigation matters and also includes labor and employment law matters.
Prior to attending law school, Ms. Kobrin Levy spent several months interning at the
Juvenile Rights Division of the Legal Aid Society where she served as a liaison among law
guardians, foster care agencies and other social service providers. While a summer associate at the immigration law firm, Wildes, Weinberg, Grunblatt, & Wildes, Ms. Kobrin Levy assisted in preparation of a law review article later published in the San Diego Law Review, 41 San Diego Law Review 819, titled “The Deferred Action Program of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services – A Possible Remedy for Impossible Immigration Cases,” which detailed categories of humanitarian reasons why potential deportees were allowed to remain in the United States. Ms. Kobrin Levy spent the summer of 2004 as an extern in the chambers of the Honorable P. Kevin Castel, United States District Court Judge in the Southern District of New York. There, she researched various legal issues and drafted documents for inclusion in judicial orders and memoranda.
While at Fordham, Ms. Kobrin Levy was a member of the Urban Law Journal staff and a peer advisor to underclassmen. She also counseled “at risk youth” who were students in Alternative to Detention programs in Manhattan and the Bronx, while pursuing and completing a Masters Degree in Clinical Social Work.
Ms. Kobrin Levy resides in Manhattan with her husband and son.