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November 2, 2011
Firm honored for “humanizing” attorneys through use of video in attorney profiles
May 3, 2011
60 top investment professionals attend daylong event
February 28, 2011
Veteran litigation partner Mike Padden's move to Levenfeld Pearlstein from Howrey, LLP was recently noted in several legal publications, including Law360, the ABA Journal, The Lawyer, and most recently, Legal Week.
February 1, 2011
Bryan Schwartz quoted in the February edition of Chicago Lawyer on succession planning
January 25, 2011
Partner Mark Pearlstein was quoted in Crain's ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com
January 18, 2011
Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC is pleased to announce that it has awarded a grant of $25,000 to the Greater Chicago Food Depository’s Chicago’s Community Kitchens program.
January 12, 2011
LP partner Howard Dakoff was quoted in a Crain’s ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com article regarding a dispute over whether a local non-profit has the ability to convert as many as 20 condominiums of a West Loop condominium project into housing for mental-health patients.
January 5, 2011
Partner Howard Dakoff was quoted in a Crain's ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com article from January 5, 2011 titled, "Mental-health non-profit wants to buy Mesirow condos."
November 2, 2010
LP partner Mark Pearlstein has been quoted in Crain’s ChicagoRealEstateDaily.com regarding a housing discrimination dispute.
November 2, 2010
LP’s Angela Hickey, Executive Director and CFO and Bryan Schwartz, Managing Partner, comment on the firm’s efforts to lower costs and boost productivity with their deployment of Legal Accelerator Product (LAP) Intranet. LP was one of the first law firms to deploy LAP Intranet.
October 15, 2010
Levenfeld Pearlstein's own executive director Angela Hickey is quoted in the most recent issue of Chicago Lawyer.
October 6, 2010
Matt Duffey and his girlfriend, Erika Hayes, were thrilled to purchase their first home in October 2008 — a third floor condominium on a quiet, leafy stretch of Leavitt Street in Wicker Park, just steps away from historical homes featured on neighborhood tours.
July 15, 2010
Firm receives award from Mayor Daley and Chicago Department of Environment
July 1, 2010
First it was associates, but these days it's income partners who are feeling the pain of layoffs.
February 12, 2010
Kurt Stitcher, Chair of the Litigation Practice Group, was quoted in this article about the likely fallout – in terms of litigation, investigation, and legislation – of the recent Toyota recalls over accelerators and braking systems, published by Product Liability Law 360.
February 1, 2010
Partner Steven M. Weiss commented on how to decrease risk and increase reward with distressed asset purchases in the February 2010 issue of Smart Business Chicago.
January 12, 2010
Partner Gary Blackman commented to ABC local News on a Supreme Court case in which a local suburban company accuses the NFL of price-fixing.
January 11, 2010
Partner Gary Blackman was quoted in Ed Sherman's (Crain's Chicago) January 11 blog discussing the Supreme Court case involving a local company and their antitrust claims against the NFL.
January 1, 2010
Kurt Stitcher, Chair of the Litigation Practice Group, was quoted in this article about legislative and case law changes that prominent product liability defense lawyers would like to see come to fruition in 2010, published by Product Liability Law 360.
December 2, 2009
Partner Gary Blackman was quoted in Ed Sherman's (Crain's Chicago) December 2 blog discussing the recent scandal surrounding Tiger Woods and the option of a libel suit.
November 12, 2009
Levenfeld Pearlstein is pleased to have represented Piedmont Office Realty Trust, in the 2009 NAIOP "Broker Transaction of the Year - Downtown Office" Award-winning deal.
September 9, 2009
Partner Christopher Griesmeyer is quoted in the September 2009 Business & Legal Reports national update, What to Do About Personnel Problems. Employers have long attempted to protect their trade secrets, clients, and employees from departing workers with several types of covenants. Mr. Griesmeyer discusses how those covenants can be endangered.
July 31, 2009
Thomas Jaros and William Schwartz, both partners in the Real Estate &amp; Finance Practice Group, were quoted in <em>Chicago Lawyer </em>magazine about how the economy has impacted their business.&nbsp; To read the full article, please <a href="http://www.chicagolawyermagazine.com/2009/07/31/the-changing-environmental-law-practice/">click here</a>.
January 1, 2009
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August 31, 2007
July 5, 2007
Firm partners with Chicago-Kent College of Law to award scholarship
June 11, 2007
April 30, 2007
April 3, 2007
Levenfeld Pearlstein becomes first Chicago-based law firm to join Chicago Climate Exchange, dedicated to the reduction of greenhouse emissions.
January 16, 2007
January 5, 2007
Levenfeld Pearlstein is proud to announce that Michele L. Krause, Jeffrey C. Friedman, Nick S. Legatos, and Marc E. Fineman have been promoted to partner.
October 13, 2006
August 1, 2006
Levenfeld Pearlstein is proud to announce that partner Peter F. Donati has been named to the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin's 2006 40 Illinois Attorneys Under 40 to Watch.
January 18, 2006
This News Alert discusses the new rules proposed by the SEC requiring public companies to provide far greater details about their executives' compensation.