Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Jeff Levine Misses Snow

Jeff Levine, 28, left Detroit in the summer of 2004 for law school. These days, he's living in Lake Havasu City, two hours from Las Vegas, where he works as an associate at Wachtel, Biehn & Malm.

"I miss the snow" he says when asked what it's like to live somewhere the seasons don't change so much. "I know I'm going to regret [saying] that."

His travels since graduating from the University of Michigan in 2004, where he studied sports management and communications, have taken him to Florida, New Orleans, and Phoenix, where he worked as a lawyer for hockey team Phoenix Coyotes. En route he was an intern with the Miami Dolphins, Tulane University's Athletic Department, and the Cleveland Cavaliers.

When he's not working, he and his girlfriend Tammy, a biologist from New York, like to go hiking and take in cultural events in nearby Flagstaff. "Since we've been living in the desert, we've found a new-found love for things that are green, like grass and trees," he says.

And when he comes home, he tries to make sure and hit up the Greek Islands Coney. "That's the one on Maple and Farmington, right by the sports club," he says.

For now he's out in Arizona, working on his fifth article for publication in scholarly journals, writing for sports business publications, and playing inline hockey. He has received awards for pro bono work he has done in debt relief.