Miriam L. (“Mimi”) Alinikoff has extensive experience representing companies and individuals in litigation in federal and state courts at both the trial and appellate levels, as well as in prosecutions and investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and state attorneys general and regulatory agencies. Ms. Alinikoff’s practice covers complex civil litigation and the defense of high-profile white-collar criminal matters.
Ms. Alinikoff joined Levine Lee in 2011 and was a Partner from 2018-2020. From 2020-2025, Ms. Alinikoff served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Florida, where she directed numerous complex fraud investigations involving programs administered by federal agencies, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). During her tenure, Ms. Alinikoff developed an expertise in violations of the False Claims Act (FCA), the Anti-Kickback Statute, the Stark Law, and other fraud, waste, and abuse protections, by managed care organizations, hospitals, pharmacies, and physicians. Ms. Alinikoff also pursued violations of the FCA in connection with program fraud committed by non-healthcare entities, such as telecommunications providers, grant recipients, and recipients of funds through the CARES Act Paycheck Protection Program.
Ms. Alinikoff has a broad range of experience representing individuals, companies, Boards of Directors, and Board committees facing a variety of complex civil litigation, white-collar criminal and regulatory enforcement matters, parallel civil litigation, and internal corporate investigations. Such matters include representation of: the Special Committees of the Board of Xerox Corporation; Deutsche Bank trader Gavin Black in connection with the LIBOR-fixing investigation; ConvergEx officer Anthony Blumberg, and the bankruptcy trustee for Lehman Brothers Inc.
Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Alinikoff was a litigator at Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP. She also clerked for the Hon. Nina Gershon of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She received her law degree from Hofstra University, where she was Articles Editor of the Labor and Employment Law Journal and a Dean’s Scholar, and earned her undergraduate degree from Hunter College.
Ms. Alinikoff has been recognized by New York Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star” and Benchmark’s “List of Top Lawyers Under 40.”