The family moved to London, Ontario, Canada and then to Detroit, Michigan.

[1][2] Levin was nominated by President Harry S. Truman on July 3, 1946, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan vacated by Judge Edward Julien Moinet.

He was an active member of the Detroit Round Table of Catholics, Jews and Protestants.

Their son Charles Levin served as a Michigan Supreme Court Justice from 1973 to 1996.

His daughter Mimi Levin Lieber served on the New York State Board of Regents.