He received a BBA in finance, cum laude, from the University of Georgia, where he was an honors program student.
He received a Juris Doctor degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law.
After law school, Levinson joined the District Attorney's Office in Cabarrus and Rowan Counties, North Carolina.
In 2002, Levinson was elected statewide as one of fifteen members of the North Carolina Court of Appeals in Raleigh, where he served as an Associate Judge.
Upon his return to the U.S. in early 2009, a bipartisan group of Republican and Democratic lawmakers endorsed his appointment to the North Carolina Superior Court.
This position involved holding court in counties in western, central, and eastern North Carolina.
He was formerly a board member of Substance Abuse Prevention Services; Hands on Charlotte; and the Alumni Council for the Fund for American Studies.