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Nathan "Nate"
Levin

Partner

Des Moines
nlevin@f3law.com
D 515.526.0206
Nathan Levin

What can I solve for you?

I can solve the issues that threaten to interrupt your school’s operations and ability to focus on your primary mission, which is to provide the highest quality education possible to your students.

What's it like to work with me?

I’m personable and have a sense of humor, but at the same time I am dedicated, driven and laser focused on the timely resolution of my clients’ issues. Having sat in their chair for 18 years, I can empathize with my clients’ legal and compliance challenges and then help them to arrive at the practical solutions I know they are under great stress and pressure to deliver.

Overview

Nathan Levin guides universities, community and junior colleges, and K–12 school districts through the full spectrum of education law issues. With more than 18 years of combined legal and compliance experience at a major university, he brings deep insights into both the legal challenges and opportunities schools are now navigating.

Nate’s areas of practice include Department of Education issues and audits; federal privacy laws such as FERPA and HIPAA; public records and open meetings requirements; and the Clery Act, which involves crime reporting obligations, statistical disclosures and campus safety training. Well-versed in student affairs, such as student misconduct and issues pertaining to student organizations such as fraternities and sororities, he also offers seasoned and strategic counsel on real estate and other educational business matters.

With a concentrated focus on education and athletics, Nate advises both universities and high schools on coaching contracts, Title IX gender equity compliance, ‘Name, Image and Likeness’ (NIL) and other matters. In the wake of the NCAA’s decision to eliminate the National Letter of Intent, he serves as a particularly valuable resource for either institutions, or high school athletes and their families, in the interpretation and negotiation of written offers of athletic aid and ‘Name, Image and Likeness’ (NIL) payments. He also provides college and high school athletes with important review and negotiation of NIL deals and agreements.

Counting the University of Iowa athletic department as a former client, Nate has developed deep familiarity with Division 1 athletic issues. As the director of a youth basketball club and the father of multiple Division 1 athletes, he has also built strong connections with a number of college coaches.

After School

Some of Nate’s favorite “clients” are his five kids, such as the Division 1 basketball player daughter at the University of Iowa for whom he recently negotiated and secured a long-term NIL deal as well as several other deals, and his younger daughter, currently being recruited to play basketball by Division 1 schools. When he’s not guiding the older ones through recruiting or NIL issues, he is coaching the younger ones in their various sporting efforts.

Education

  • University of Iowa College of Law (J.D.)
  • University of Iowa (B.S. Exercise Science)

Admissions

Bar Admissions
  • Iowa

Related Services

  • Business
  • Governance & Leadership
  • School & College Athletics
  • Title IX
  • Student Rights & Discipline

Related Clients

  • Higher Education
  • Community Colleges
  • Public Education K-12

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