Mark D. Pearlstein

Mark Pearlstein is a partner in the Community Associations Service Group where he specializes in representing community associations and developers, particularly in relation to mixed use developments. Mark is the current Chairman of the Illinois Legislative Action Committee of the Community Associations Institute (CAI), and is a member of the Charter Class of the CAI College of Community Association Lawyers.

Since 1988, Mark has written a weekly column on condominium and homeowner association law for the Chicago Tribune, now entitled “Condo Advisor”. He is the co-author with Partner Howard Dakoff of the current chapter on “Condominium Management” for the Condominium Law textbook published by the Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education; and the author of “Legal Defenses and Other Practice Issues in Architectural Covenant Enforcement” for the Journal of Community Association law. Mark has lectured extensively at State and national seminars on homeowner association law, including the subjects of association contracts, condominium insurance, covenant enforcement and mixed use developments. He has been actively involved in drafting provisions of the Illinois Condominium Property Act. He was the principal draftsman of legislation pertaining to condominium insurance, post foreclosure assessment recovery for associations, and the Community Association Manager Licensing and Disciplinary Act.

He is a member of the Leading Lawyers Network and a member of the City of Chicago Condominium Task Force. Mark was the recipient of the 2008 Premier Leadership Award by the Illinois Chapter of the Institute of Real Estate Management. He received the 2010 National Award of Excellence in Government and Public Affairs from the Community Associations Institute.