Levenfeld Pearlstein Adds Steve Jakubowski as Partner in Restructuring & Insolvency Service Group
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Jason Milch/ 312-379-9406
Andrea Crews/ 312-476-7545
CHICAGO – Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC is pleased to announce that Steve Jakubowski has joined the firm as a partner in its Restructuring & Insolvency Service Group. A 25-plus year veteran of the practice of bankruptcy law, Jakubowski joins LP from The Coleman Law Firm, a Chicago-based litigation boutique, where he spent the last 14 years.
Jakubowski focuses his practice on complex chapter 11 bankruptcies and other bankruptcy litigation and reorganization matters, as well as commercial litigation involving distressed companies in a broad range of industries. He has served as bankruptcy counsel in a number of high profile matters, including that of Carter Hawley Hale Stores Inc., where he acted as counsel to the debtor. Jakubowski also was principally involved in representing the bankruptcy estate of the subprime auto lender Reliance Acceptance Group in its post-confirmation litigation over a failed split from Cole Taylor Bank in 1997. In addition, he has successfully handled matters on behalf of BioSafe Medical Technologies and Chicago Bulls star Scottie Pippen, and represented the Creditors’ Committees in the bankruptcies of Jay’s Snacks and Glazed Investments, a large Krispy Kreme franchisee. Jakubowski also has significant experience as a principal in the landfill gas-to-energy and renewable energy fields.
Earlier in his career, Jakubowski served as an officer of two reorganizing companies. The Delaware bankruptcy court appointed him chief operating officer of a public restaurant company in 1995, and he acted as chairman and chief executive officer of New England's top regional snack manufacturer in 1996. In both engagements, Jakubowski successfully led the operating entity out of chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Jakubowski is the founder and author of nearly all content on the Bankruptcy Litigation Blog, the Internet’s first bankruptcy blog, which has received over 650,000 page visits since its inception in 2005. He earned his B.S. from Union College and his J.D. from University of Chicago Law School.
Levenfeld Pearlstein’s Restructuring & Insolvency Law Service Group has deep experience in all facets of assignments, bankruptcy, crisis management, out-of-court workouts, and receiverships. The practice is national and international in scope; our attorneys have led engagements across the United States and internationally.
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