2 Hare Court

Alison Levitt KC, has been appointed a Labour Peer. Alison was called to the Bar in 1988 and took Silk in 2008. She joined the CPS as Principal Legal Advisor to the DPP, Keir Starmer QC (as he then was) in 2009. She became a partner at Mishcon de Reya LPP in 2014, before returning to the Bar (and 2 Hare Court where it had all started for her) in 2018. In 2021 she became a Circuit Judge from which she resigned upon her elevation to the House of Lords. Following her formal introduction to the House of Lords in early 2025, she will be known as Baroness Levitt KC.

Year of Call 1988, Appointed Queen's Counsel 2008, Principal Legal Advisor to the DPP 2009-14, Partner and Head of White Collar Crime and Investigations at Mishcon de Reya 2014-18

House of Lords, Labour Peer (2025) Circuit Judge (South Eastern) (2021-2024) Trustee, Kalisher Trust (2018) Vice-Chair, Employed Barristers’ Committee of the Bar Council (2018) Vulnerable Witness Advocacy trainer (2018) Committee member , Private Prosecutors’ Association (2018) Trustee, Royal United Services Institute (2017 - present) Chair, Education and Training Committee, Inner Temple (2017 – present) Chair ,‘2022’ Committee (future of legal education and training) (2017) Vice-Chair , International Bar Association Structured Settlements Sub-Committee (2016 - present) Women in Law London Advisory Panel (2016 – present) Inns of Court College of Advocacy Research and Development Committee (2015 – present) Council of the Inns of Court Training Reform Working Group (2015 – present) Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies Advisory Board (2015 - present) Partner at Mishcon de Reya (2014) Executive Committee, Inner Temple (2012 – 2015 & 2017  – present) Blackstone’s Criminal Practice Advisory Board (2011 – present) Master of the Bench, Inner Temple (2009) CPS Principal Legal Advisor to the DPP (2009) Queen's Counsel (2008) Recorder (2007) Secretary to the Criminal Bar Association (2006 – 2007) Assistant Secretary to the Criminal Bar Association (2005 – 2006) Advocacy Trainer (Inner Temple) – New Practitioners & teaching trainers (2002 – present) Inner Temple Bar Liaison Committee (2002 – 2005) Criminal Bar Association Committee (1994 – 1999) Chair of the Young Barristers’ Committee (1995) Counsel Magazine Editorial Board (1994 – 1998) Bar Council (1991 – 1999) Called (1988)