Ulmer & Berne LLP Real Estate Practice Ranked 1st in Ohio

11th in the Midwest by Midwest Real Estate News Magazine

CLEVELAND, OHIO - June 27 2008 - Ulmer & Berne LLP announced today that Midwest Real Estate News magazine named the Firm 11th on its list of 2008 Top 25 Midwest Real Estate Law Firms. Ulmer & Berne was also the highest ranked Ohio-based law firm. This is the fourth year in a row that Ulmer & Berne has been ranked in the Top 15 of the publication’s Best of the Best.

Midwest Real Estate News is one of the region’s leaders in commercial real estate coverage. According to the publication, each year hundreds of surveys are submitted by law firms from across the Midwest (a 14-state region) to the magazine for consideration. Rankings are determined by the number of real estate transactions in the previous year and the dollar amount related with those transactions above $5 million.

In the 14-state region alone, Ulmer & Berne completed over 500 transactions with 147 of those transactions valued at above $5 million in 2007. Areas of transaction included, commercial, industrial, shopping centers, land, office buildings and multifamily housing.

Ulmer & Berne LLP, established in 1908 and celebrating its 100th Anniversary this year, is one of Ohio’s largest law firms. In a survey of Fortune 500 companies by Corporate Counsel magazine, Ulmer & Berne has been chosen as a Go-To Law Firm® for both 2007 and 2008. Less than one-half of one percent of all the law firms in the US and abroad received this distinction. Also, in 2007, the Firm was recognized in The BTI Consulting Group’s survey of corporate counsel as one of only 85 firms nationally that “delivers the best value for the dollar.”

A full-service Firm with 180 attorneys in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Chicago, Ulmer & Berne represents publicly traded and privately held companies, financial institutions, pharmaceutical companies, family businesses, international joint ventures and affiliations, investor groups, start-ups and emerging businesses, public bodies and nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit www.ulmer.com.

Ulmer & Berne LLP
Kimberly G. Schmittel, Marketing Manager
216-583-7388
direct fax 216-583-7389
kschmittel[at]ulmer.com