Mark Pearlstein

The outpouring of support, respect and admiration for Mark Pearlstein has been overwhelming. Mark's passing is a great loss to Levenfeld Pearlstein LLC and to the community association industry at large. Mark had been my law partner for nearly 10 years,...

Editor's note: This is the final column written by Chicago attorney Mark Pearlstein, who died Tuesday after a long illness. Since 1988, Mark had written a weekly column on condominium and homeowner association law for the Tribune, and we are deeply...

Attorney Mark Pearlstein was an expert on community association law, a primary author of recently enacted Illinois legislation to regulate and license community association property managers and for 24 years wrote the Sunday "Condo Adviser" column for the...

Q: We purchased a condominium in Chicago and paid substantial funds to buy two parking spaces. We have deeds and tax numbers for both spaces. One space is handicap-size. Another resident in the building has consistently parked in my handicap-size space....

Q: Our condominium association has been managed by a management company. At the last board of directors meeting several weeks ago, a quorum of directors voted to terminate the management company. A certified letter was sent to the owner of the...

Q: As president of our condominium association, I am aware that the Forcible Entry and Detainer Act allows a condominium association to temporarily take possession of a delinquent owner's unit. The association also has the option to rent out the unit...