FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Jason Milch
Jaffe Associates, Inc.
milchj@jaffeassociates.com
312-846-9647

CHICAGO – The law firm of Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC is pleased to announce that for the second consecutive year, its Real Estate & Finance Practice Group has been named as "the number one real estate practice in the Midwest" by Midwest Real Estate News magazine. The ranking was announced in the publication's May "Best of the Best" issue. Midwest Real Estate News is the region's premier commercial real estate magazine, distributed to more than 18,000 commercial real estate professionals across the Midwest each month.

Levenfeld Pearlstein's Real Estate & Finance Practice Group ranked first in the survey, which polled more than 300 law firms on the number of real estate transactions each firm had completed in the last year, as well as their related dollar values. Levenfeld Pearlstein completed 1,050 transactions in 2007, with 127 of those deals valued at more than $15 million each.

"We are honored to once again be ranked as the Midwest’s number one real estate practice," said Brian Kozminski, head of Levenfeld Pearlstein’s Real Estate & Finance Practice Group. "Our attorneys are dedicated to providing the highest levels of client service on every transaction, and the fact that so many of our clients continue to rely on us to handle many of their important matters is very gratifying."

Levenfeld Pearlstein's Real Estate & Finance Practice Group provides clients with a broad range of legal proficiency, experience and practical knowledge in all facets of commercial real estate transactions. It represents a wide range of clients throughout the United States who are involved in development, construction, investment, debt and equity financing, leasing and specialized tax and ownership structuring of office buildings, industrial facilities, hotels, golf courses, manufactured housing communities, retail shopping centers, complex condominium projects, and multifamily housing (rental and for-sale).

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About Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC: Founded in 1999, Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC (www.lplegal.com) provides unusually good legal counsel and business advice to sophisticated clients in matters involving corporate and securities law, real estate, and litigation. With more than 75 attorneys and offices in Chicago and Northbrook, Ill., the firm possesses the resources and depth to manage the most complex matters, while ensuring that the needs of all clients are met in the most efficient and cost-effective manner possible.