James Levin
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Stats
- Date of Birth: 234303.12
- Gender: Male
- Species: Human
- Place of Birth:
- Hair: Brown
- Eyes: Blue
- Height: 6 feet
Family History
- Mother: Susan Levin (born 2313)
- Father: Samuel Levin (born 2310)
- Siblings: None
- Spouse: Dr. Rachell Maiam Levin (born 234509.13, married 237505.22)
- Children: Michael Jason Levin (born 237806.20)
Chronological History
- 2361-2364: University of Pennsylvania
- 2364-2367: Law School, University of California
- 2367-2374: Practices law in San Francisco
- 2372-2373: Graduate Courses, University of California
- 2374-2377: Starfleet Academy (applies during Dominion War)
- 2375: Marries Rachell Maiam
- 237705.29: Assigned to USS Prophecy as Science Officer
- 237708.13: Comes aboard USS Isannah
- 237710.14: Transferred to USS Isannah as Chief Science Officer.
- 237806.20: Son, Michael Levin, is born
- 237806.23: Promoted to full Lieutenant
- 237902.22: Reassigned to Ranger-A along with crew of the Isannah, assumes post as Chief Science Officer. Later suffers heart attack on the bridge, spends rest of tour in Sickbay after being placed on temporary medical leave.
- 237908.10: Released from SB118 Sickbay after routine tests; ordered to take six months leave for medical purposes.
- 238003.01-238302.11: Professor of Interstellar Law, Starfleet Academy
- 238302.11: Put on indeterminate leave following remarks to students and media.
- 238302.17: Officially charged with publicly slandering superior officers and insubordination; refuses to enter a plea.
- 238302.28: Found guilty on all charges, officially removed from professorship, demoted to ensign, placed on indefinite leave within San Francisco area pending assignment.
Personal History
After graduating from law school, Levin worked at a small firm in San Francisco. After several months and having had time to gain his footing, Levin was first assigned to the case of a court-martialed Starfleet officer. After several years, he enrolled in graduate science courses, where he literally ran into Rachell Maiam, then working on her medical degree. Over time, defending court-martialed officers became his focus, and, amid the paranoia that swept much of the Federation, especially the Sol system, in the months and years leading up to the Dominion War, he began to feel that a number of his clients were being found guilty before their trials, leading to a growing paranoia only added to by the cryptic mutterings his father about "needing someone to guard the guards." Despite his misgivings about certain things he'd encountered while in law, Levin and Maiam both submitted applications to Starfleet Academy following the outbreak of the Dominion War, and were accepted.
Levin has a number of quirks, some which have been noted by others, some of which have not. For example, he suffers from the usual human eye deterioration, but refuses to undergo treatment for the condition, not out of allergy or fear, but out of simple difficulty and preference for reading glasses. Still on the lighter side and unknown to most, he drinks hot chocolate from his coffee mug as opposed to actual coffee. A self-inflicted combination of overwork and stress are believed to have led to his heart attack, and he was known as a chronic workaholic aboard the Isannah,often times staying in his office hours after his shifts ended -- this led to a number of loud, short-tempered (on both ends) fights with his wife. Ever since a near-death experience on an away mission, he has been ill-at-ease while aboard starships, and after that experience, he shifted a painting of earth from a side wall of his office to across from his desk, almost as if in order to remind himself that he was alive.