The Chicago-based law firm of Arnstein & Lehr LLP is pleased to announce the addition of attorneys Erik Jarmusz and Elizabeth Anne Thompson to the firm’s Chicago office.

With the opening of the firm’s new Milwaukee office, Arnstein & Lehr has 145 attorneys working across 10 offices throughout Illinois, Florida, Wisconsin and Milwaukee.

Erik M. Jarmusz joins as an associate in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group. He has significant real estate experience that includes commercial real estate, corporate transactions and office leasing.Jarmusz also has extensive experience negotiating leases on behalf of both landlords and tenants, and has also focused on general real estate transactions including acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, 1031 exchanges and deeds-in-lieu of foreclosure. He received his undergraduate degree, cum laude, from Loyola University Chicago and his law degree, cum laude, from DePaul University College of Law. Previously, Jarmusz was an associate at Gardiner Koch Weisberg & Wrona.

Elizabeth Anne Thompson joins as an associate in the firm’s Litigation Practice Group. Prior to joining the firm, Thompson worked as a judicial law clerk to Presiding Judge Moshe Jacobius. While attending Chicago-Kent College of Law, Thompson was a summer associate at Winston & Strawn LLP and a research assistant for Dean Krent. She received her undergraduate degree from DePauw University and her law degree, magna cum laude, from Chicago-Kent College of Law.

About Arnstein & Lehr

Arnstein & Lehr LLP with offices in Illinois, Florida, Wisconsin and Milwaukee, is one of the country’s oldest and most respected law firms. Since its founding in 1893, the firm has served clients of all sizes throughout the United States and abroad. For additional information visit www.arnstein.com