Laurel G. Bellows is the Founder and Managing Principal of The Bellows Law Group,P.C. in Chicago,Illinois. She represents C-Suite and senior management to negotiate employment agreements. Bellows graduated from Loyola University Chicago School of Law and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania. [1]
Professional and Board Experience Bellows served as President of the American Bar Association from August 2012 to August 2013 and Chair of the ABA’s House of Delegates from 2006 to 2008.[2][3] She chaired the ABA’s Commission on Women in the Profession [4] and previously served as the head of the Chicago Bar Association.[5]
Bellows also serves on the Counsel of the Inter-American Bar Association and served on the Board of Union International des Avocats.[3]
International Supply Chain Institute Bellows partnered with Green and Spiegel,LLC to start the International Supply Chain Institute,an initiative that provided guidance to multinational corporations in regard to anti-human trafficking and supply chain management.[3]
In 2016,Bellows gave a TED Talk about specific ways for businesses to eradicate modern-day slavery and comply with regulations in the United States and internationally.[3]
The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers and law students; it is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. Founded in 1878, the ABA's stated activities are the setting of academic standards for law schools, and the formulation of model ethical codes related to the legal profession. As of fiscal year 2017, the ABA had 194,000 dues-paying members, constituting approximately 14.4% of American attorneys. In 1979, half of all lawyers in the U.S. were members of the ABA. The organization's national headquarters are in Chicago, Illinois, and it also maintains a significant branch office in Washington, D.C.
Trinity International University (TIU) is an evangelical Christian university headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois. It comprises Trinity College, Trinity Graduate School, a theological seminary, a law school, and a camp called Timber-lee. the university also maintains campuses in North Lauderdale, Florida & Miami, Florida; the camp is located in East Troy, Wisconsin. TIU is the only university affiliated with Evangelical Free Church of America in the United States and enrolls about 2,700 students. On February 17, 2023 TIU announced it was moving the undergraduate program to online modalities only and will close the residential campus at the end of the Spring 2023 semester.
Loyola University Chicago School of Law is the law school of Loyola University Chicago, in Illinois. Established in 1909, by the Society of Jesus, the Roman Catholic order of the Jesuits, the School of Law is located in downtown Chicago. Loyola University Chicago School of Law offers degrees and combined degree programs, including the Doctor of Juridical Science (S.J.D.).
Loyola Law School is the law school of Loyola Marymount University, a private Catholic university in Los Angeles, California. Loyola was established in 1920.
Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law school of the Illinois Institute of Technology, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It is the second oldest law school in the state of Illinois. In 2023, Chicago-Kent was ranked 94th among U.S. law schools by U.S. News & World Report and its trial advocacy program is ranked as the 7th best program in the United States.
Lynda Paige Marvel is an American lawyer who serves as a senior judge of the United States Tax Court.
Thomas Robert Fitzgerald was a chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. He became the first Illinois chief justice to preside over the impeachment trial of a sitting governor when he presided over the impeachment trial of Governor Rod Blagojevich.
Joe Dally Whitley is an American lawyer from Georgia who was the first General Counsel for the United States Department of Homeland Security. He works in private practice at Baker Donelson and has been named a Super Lawyer, listed in The Best Lawyers in America®, named a ‘’2019 Lawyer of the Year’’, is AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated by Martindale-Hubbell, and listed in Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers.
Marvin E. Aspen is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Virginia Mary Kendall is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. President George W. Bush appointed her to the bench on January 3, 2006. In addition to serving on the bench, Judge Kendall is also a noted expert on child exploitation and human trafficking, as well as an adjunct law professor and author.
Barry Sullivan is a Chicago lawyer, Professor of Law and holder of the Cooney & Conway Chair in Advocacy at Loyola University Chicago School of Law.
The Institute for Consumer Antitrust Studies is a non-partisan, independent academic center designed to explore the impact of antitrust enforcement on the individual consumer and public, and to shape policy issues. It is located at Loyola University Chicago School of Law in Chicago, Illinois.
Philip Harnett Corboy was an American trial lawyer who was involved in personal injury, wrongful death and medical malpractice cases across the United States for more than half a century. He founded the law firm Philip H. Corboy & Associates which later became Corboy & Demetrio. Former Loyola University Chicago School of Law Dean, David Yellen, stated: "There are very few living lawyers who have had the kind of impact Phil Corboy has. He largely transformed the practice of personal injury law. He was a teacher and mentor to a couple of generations of leading lawyers in the country." His career was featured in a cover article in Chicago Lawyer entitled "Corboy College: Chicago Trial Lawyers' Alma Mater".
Mary Jane Theis is an Illinois Supreme Court Justice for the First Judicial District in Cook County, Illinois.
T. Markus Funk is an American attorney, law professor, and author best known for the prosecution of several high-profile mob figures during his career at the United States Department of Justice, his role in co-leading the internal investigation into former Ohio State University team physician Dr. Richard Strauss, and trial victory on behalf of the Costa Rican citrus industry. He is currently a partner in the law firm of Perkins Coie, where he since 2015 has served as the Firmwide Chair of the firm's global White Collar & Investigations Practice.
Roberta Cooper Ramo is an American lawyer at Modrall Sperling, a New Mexico law firm with offices in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, and Immediate Past President of the American Law Institute, the first woman to hold that position. She was also the first woman President of the American Bar Association, from 1995 to 1996.
JoAnne A. Epps is an American law professor, legal author, and Acting President of Temple University. She formerly served as the Executive Vice President and Provost of University
Carole Kamin Bellows is the former president of the Illinois Bar Association. Elected in 1977, Bellows was the first woman to serve as the president of a State Bar association. Bellows later served as a Circuit Court judge in Cook County, Illinois from 1986 to 2018.
Linda Klein is an American lawyer, past president of the American Bar Association, and senior managing shareholder at the Baker Donelson law firm.
Roberta Sarah Karmel is an American attorney and the Centennial Professor of Law, and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of International Business Law, at Brooklyn Law School. She was the first female Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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