Ep. 247 | Rob Levine | From EMT to "The Heavy Hitter": A Life of Service, Fatherhood, and Building a Mission-Driven Law Firm
The Lawyer Stories Podcast
Benjamin Gold
5.0 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 22 December 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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The Lawyer Stories Podcast – Episode 247 features Rob Levine, owner of Rob Levine Legal Solutions and Rob Levine Law, based in Providence, Rhode Island and helping clients nationwide. Known as "The Heavy Hitter," Rob's story is rooted in a lifetime of service. Before becoming a well-known trial lawyer, Rob served as an EMT, military police officer, and police officer- experiences that shaped his commitment to advocacy and justice.
In this episode, Rob opens up about fatherhood, building a mission-driven law firm, and the values that guide his work. He also shares a meaningful connection with host Benny Gold, as both are proud alumni of Roger Williams University School of Law. This conversation is a powerful reminder that great lawyers are built through service, resilience, and staying true to who you are.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Lawyer Stories podcast with host Benny Gold. Lawyer Stories was founded in July 2017 on Instagram and is an expanding global network of lawyers and law students sharing their personal journeys to the noble profession of the practice of law. |
| 0:17.0 | Join us on this podcast as we dig deeper into these stories and hear from lawyers and law students from around the world in all areas of the legal profession. |
| 0:26.0 | Here at Lawyer Stories, we believe that every lawyer has a story. What's yours? |
| 0:35.6 | Welcome to the Lawyer Stories podcast with Benny Gold. |
| 0:41.9 | Today we welcome Rob Levine, the heavy hitter. |
| 0:45.9 | Rob has spent his life in service, EMT, military police, police officer and now attorney. |
| 0:53.8 | After a career-ending injury, he pivoted to law and built a nationally recognized firm that helped over 50,000 clients recover over $2 billion. |
| 1:04.0 | He later expanded into record retrieval, staffing solutions, and legal industry support through Rob Levine legal solutions. |
| 1:14.6 | Rob is also deeply committed to community and family. |
| 1:19.6 | His law practices focus on personal injury, Social Security, disability, veterans disability, and workers' Comp, out of Rhode Island, Mass, |
| 1:30.3 | and Connecticut, but helping people nationwide. |
| 1:33.3 | I hope I got that accurate. Rob, welcome into the Lawyer Stories podcast. |
| 1:38.3 | Thanks, Benny. So am I calling you Benny? |
| 1:41.3 | You call me Ben or Benny. |
| 1:45.3 | That's fine. Actually, I usually forgot to change my name on this. Let's change it to Benny gold. There we go. All right. So, yeah, Ben, Benny, that's fine. Good to see you, Rob. Thanks for coming in. Absolutely. Thanks for having me. I appreciate it. Yeah, yeah, of course. So Let's start with the lifetime of service aspect of thing. So you began serving your community at age 16. Is that accurate? That is an EMT. So like what drew you to help people so young? |
| 2:17.5 | That's a really good question. |
| 2:20.7 | I had an interesting childhood growing up. |
| 2:24.5 | I got kicked out a public school in seventh grade. |
| 2:28.7 | I had a tough childhood and didn't listen very well. |
| 2:33.4 | And got put into a private school in eighth grade and i had |
| 2:37.5 | a van driver who was also my history teacher okay mr manville vietnam vet six six 350 pounds like |
| 2:48.3 | just don't mess with mr manville yeah a monster real and uh you know |
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