Attorney Profile
Joel J. Bellows
Joel Bellows
Chicago
Illinois (IL)
Practice Areas:
Business Litigation (40%), Securities Litigation (30%), Business/Corporate (30%)
Business Litigation
Securities Litigation
Business/Corporate
Industry Groups:
Administrative Law, Aged And Aging; Business Law, Civil Practice, Class Actions, Commercial Law, Commodities, Contracts, Copyrights, Corporate Law, Family Law, General Practice, Intellectual Property, Labor And Employment Litigation, Partnership Law, Real Estate, Securities Law, Taxation, Torts, Trusts And Estates, Wills.
Law School:
The John Marshall Law School
Profile
Joel J. Bellows is the Founder and Managing Principal of Bellows and Bellows, P.C. For forty-five years, he has represented clients involved in business and employment litigation. Mr. Bellows offers business counseling, transactional, income taxation, and litigation services to U.S. and foreign business clients ranging from entrepreneurs, small and medium-sized businesses, to large corporations. Mr. Bellows' experience in complex commercial litigation includes a focus on regulated securities and commodity futures disputes. He has advised mass tort litigation firms in the training of attorneys to represent public customers and strategies involved in the successful prosecution of alleged broker fraud cases. Mr. Bellows has successfully represented clients in state, federal and appellate courts and in arbitration, mediation and regulatory proceedings before the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (formerly known as the National Association of Securities Dealers), National Futures Association, Securities Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. He has served as lead counsel in class actions, including a case reaching the U.S. Supreme Court. Currently a Ph.D. Candidate in Cognitive Political Economy and the Law at the University of Chicago's Harris School of Public Policy, Mr. Bellows is examining behavioral law and political economy to better understand how people and institutions view their interests and determine their optimal course of action. This line of inquiry provides an enhanced quantitative perspective to Mr. Bellows' litigation and business skills. The result is keen insight on how to best counsel business clients and develop innovative approaches to complex business matters. Although Mr. Bellows primarily focuses his practice on the litigation of business disputes in trial courts and tribunals, he has appeared before State and Federal Appellate Courts more than 40 times. Mr. Bellows is a student of mind mapping and has advised large corporations in litigation defense strategies through the use of demographics. Currently, Mr. Bellows is Lead Counsel in a civil rights case Zafra Lerman, PhD v. Columbia College of Chicago et. al. involving depravation of Academic Freedoms. Mr. Bellows received his J.D. (Tax) from The John Marshall Law School. He received his M.B.A. from the University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business and his M.P.P. from the University Of Chicago Harris School Of Public Policy. He is admitted to practice in the States of California and Illinois, before the U. S. Courts of Appeal in the Second, Seventh and Ninth circuits and in trial courts across the U.S. Mr. Bellows is a member of the California State, Illinois State, Chicago and American Bar Associations.
Selected To
Illinois Super Lawyers 2012
Illinois Super Lawyers 2011
Illinois Super Lawyers 2009
Illinois Super Lawyers 2008
Illinois Super Lawyers 2007
Illinois Super Lawyers 2005
About Joel Bellows
Admitted: 1968, Illinois
Professional Webpage: bellowsandbellows.com/attorney-profiles/joel-j-bellows/
Honors and Awards:
- AV Peer Review Rated - Martindale Hubbell (highest rating for both legal ability and ethics)
- Appointed by Circuit Court to represent 950 students of Lawndale Academy
- Appointed to Blue Ribbon Panel to investigate Circuit Court handling of Joseph Wallace case
Special Licenses/Certifications:
- California, 1965
- Illinois, 1968
- Illinois CPA
Bar/Professional Activity:
- Past Chair, Chicago Bar Association Justice for Youth Campaign
- American Bar Association
- Chicago Bar Association
- Illinois State Bar Association
- California State Bar Association
Pro bono/Community Service:
- Chicago Bar Association Justice for Youth Campaign
Scholarly Lectures and Writings:
- wrote Charter for Creation of Audit Committee for a Cypriot Corporation
- Authoring article for field paper on Cognitive Illiberalism of Framers of U.S. Constitution
- Visiting Lecturer: University of Chicago Graduate School of Business; Stanford University School of Law. Faculty Member, Skills for Practicing Attorneys, IICLE Federal Trial Bar Course. Chairman, Cook County Task Force on Youth Welfare, 1991.
- Author: “Representing Brokers and Public Customers in Commodity Litigation,” IICLE. Supplement to IICLE Handbook on “Handling Business and Commercial Litigation,” Trial Techniques.
Verdicts and Settlements:
- Travis v. U.S. 362 F.2d 477 C.A.Cal., 1966; Pacific Trading Co. v. Wilson & Co., Inc. 547 F.2d 367, 1976; Glazer v. National Commodity Research & Statistical Service, Inc. 547 F.2d 392 C.A.Ill., 1977; Savage v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission 548 F.2d 192 C.A.7, 1977; Silverman v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission 549 F.2d 28 C.A.7, 1977; John Munic Meat Co., Inc. v. H. Gartenberg & Co. 51 Ill.App.3d 413, 366 N.E.2d 617, 1977; Silverman v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission 562 F.2d 432 C.A.7, 1977; International Trading, Ltd. v. Bell 262 Ark. 244, 556 S.W.2d 420, 1977; Donoghue v. Kohlmeyer & Co. 63 Ill.App.3d 979, 380 N.E.2d 1003, 1978; Savage v. Schoenstadt 68 Ill.App.3d 552, 386 N.E.2d 339, 1979; Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Savage 611 F.2d 270 C.A.Cal., 1979); Savage v. Seed 81 Ill.App.3d 744, 401 N.E.2d 984 (February 01, 1980); GNP Commodities, Inc. v. Walsh Heffernan Co. 95 Ill.App.3d 966, 420 N.E.2d 659 (April 24, 1981); Davenport v. A.C. Davenport & Son Co. 903 F.2d 1139 C.A.Ill, 1990; Ash v. Georgia-Pacific Corp. 957 F.2d 432 C.A. 7th Circuit, 1992; City of Chicago v. Chicago Bd. of Educ. 277 Ill.App.3d 250, 660 N.E.2d 74, 1995; Aardema v. Fitch 291 Ill.App.3d 917, 684 N.E.2d 884, 1995; Heithoff v. Cargill Incorporated 1997 U.S. Dist. NE; Whitaker v. Ameritech Corp. 129 F.3d 952 C.A.7 Ill., 1997; Harter v. Iowa Grain Company 202 F.3d 273 U.S. App., 1998; Varner v. Illinois State University 150 F.3d 706 C.A.7 Ill., 1998; Nagel v. ADM Investor Services, Inc. 65 F. Supp. 2d 740 U.S. Dist., 1999; Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. v. Ambuehl 309 Ill.App.3d 101, 722 N.E.2d 723 Ill.App 1 Dist., 1999; Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. v. Martinez 305 Ill.App.3d 101, N.E.2d 861 Ill.App. 1 Dist., 1999; Varner v. Illinois State University 226 F.3d 927 C.A.7 Ill., 2000); Eisenberg v. Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. 234 F.3d 1261 C.A.2 N.Y., 2000; Quamme v. Advance Trading, Inc. Not Reported in N.W.2d, 2001 WL 540056 Iowa App., 2001; RJ O'BRIEN & ASSOCIATES, INC v. Forman 298 F.3d 653 C.A. 7th Circuit, 2002; White v. Balis, Lewittes & Coleman Not Reported in Cal.Rptr.2d, 2003 WL 429519 Cal.App. 4 Dist.; White v. Dorian Not Reported in Cal.Rptr.2d, 2003 WL 429513 Cal.App. 4 Dist.; Stone v. Doerge 328 F.3d 343 C.A. (Ill.), 2003; Asa-Brandt, Inc. v. ADM Investor Services, Inc. 344 F.3d 738 C.A.8 (Iowa), 2003; Hakakha v. Peregrine Financial & Securities Inc. 177 Fed.Appx. 587 C.A.9 (Cal.), 2006; Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. v. TradeMaven, L.L.C. 391 Ill.App.3d 309, 909 N.E.2d 837 Ill.App., 2009; Terra Foundation For The Arts v. KPMG Peat Marwick, LLP, 2009 Ill. App. LEXIS 1252; Independence Plus v. Walther 2009 Ill. App; Crocker v. Pollack 2009 Ill. App.
Educational Background:
- The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, J.D. (Tax)
- University Of Chicago Harris School Of Public Policy, Ph.D. Candidate
- University Of Chicago Harris School Of Public Policy, M.P.P.
- University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business, M.B.A.
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