Attorney Profile

Joel J. Bellows

Joel Bellows

The Bellows Law Group, P.C.
The Rookery Building, 209 South LaSalle Street, Suite 800
Chicago, IL 60604
Contact Contact Joel J. Bellows
T: 312-332-3340
F: 312-332-1190

Visit: www.bellowspc.com
Practice areas: Business Litigation (40%), Securities Litigation (30%), Business/Corporate (30%)
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.

Profile

Joel J. Bellows is the Founder and Managing Principal of Bellows and Bellows, P.C. He represents clients involved in business litigation. Mr. Bellows offers counseling, transactional, and litigation services to 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 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, Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Chicago Board of Trade and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. 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 problems. Although Mr. Bellows primarily focuses his practice on litigation, he has presented an excess amount of Appellate Court arguments. Mr. Bellows is a speech writer for officer of the ABA and has written the Charter for the creation of an Audit Committee for a Cypriot Corporation. 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 2009
Illinois Super Lawyers 2008
Illinois Super Lawyers 2007
Illinois Super Lawyers 2005

About Joel Bellows

Admitted: 1965, Illinois

Professional Webpage: www.bellowspc.com/Bio/JoelBellows.asp

Honors and Awards: Appointed to Blue Ribbon Panel to investigate Circuit Court handling of Joseph Wallace case.   Appointed by Circuit Court to represent 950 students of Lawndale Academy, AV Peer Review Rated - Martindale Hubbell (highest rating for both legal ability and ethics)
Special Licenses/Certifications: Illinois CPA
Bar/Professional Activity: Past Chair, Chicago Bar Association Justice for Youth Campaign, California State Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, American Bar Association
Pro bono/Community Service: Chicago Bar Association Justice for Youth Campaign
Scholarly Lectures and Writings: Author: “Representing Brokers and Public Customers in Commodity Litigation,” IICLE. Supplement to IICLE Handbook on “Handling Business and Commercial Litigation,” Trial Techniques., 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., Authoring article for field paper on Cognitive Illiberalism of Framers of U.S. Constitution, wrote Charter for Creation of Audit Committee for a Cypriot Corporation
Verdicts and Settlements: ­­­­Travis v. U.S. 362 F.2d 477 C.A.Cal. (June 14, 1966); Pacific Trading Co. v. Wilson & Co., Inc. 547 F.2d 367 (November 22, 1976); Glazer v. National Commodity Research & Statistical Service, Inc. 547 F.2d 392C.A.Ill. (January 07, 1977); Savage v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission 548 F.2d 192 C.A.7 (January 17, 1977); Silverman v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission 549 F.2d 28 C.A.7 (February 16, 1977); John Munic Meat Co., Inc. v. H. Gartenberg & Co. 51 Ill.App.3d 413, 366 N.E.2d 617 (July 29,1977); Silverman v. Commodity Futures Trading Commission 562 F.2d 432 C.A.7 (September 19,1977); International Trading, Ltd. v. Bell 262 Ark. 244, 556 S.W.2d 420 (October 03, 1977); Donoghue v. Kohlmeyer & Co. 63 Ill.App.3d 979, 380 N.E.2d 1003 (August 30, 1978); Savage v. Schoenstadt 68 Ill.App.3d 552, 386 N.E.2d 339 (January 11, 1979); Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Savage 611 F.2d 270 C.A.Cal. (November 20, 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 (June 05, 1990); City of Chicago v. Chicago Bd. of Educ. 277 Ill.App.3d 250, 660 N.E.2d 74 (December 21, 1995); Aardema v. Fitch 291 Ill.App.3d 917, 684 N.E.2d 884 (August 22, 1995); Heithoff v. Cargill Incorporated 1997 U.S. Dist. NE; Whitaker v. Ameritech Corp. 129 F.3d 952 C.A.7 Ill. (November 20, 1997); Harter v. Iowa Grain Company 202 F.3d 273 U.S. App. (July 15, 1998); Varner v. Illinois State University 150 F.3d 706 C.A.7 Ill. (July 21, 1998); Nagel v. ADM Investor Services, Inc. 65 F. Supp. 2d 740 U.S. Dist. (September 7, 1999); Varner v. Illinois State University 226 F.3d 927 C.A.7 Ill. (September 06,2000); Eisenberg v. Angelo, Gordon & Co., L.P. 234 F.3d 1261 C.A.2 N.Y. (October 17, 2000); White v. Balis, Lewittes & Coleman Not Reported in Cal.Rptr.2d, 2003 WL 429519 Cal.App. 4 Dist.,2003; White v. Dorian Not Reported in Cal.Rptr.2d, 2003 WL 429513 Cal.App. 4 Dist.,2003; Hakakha v. Peregrine Financial & Securities Inc. 177 Fed.Appx. 587 C.A.9 Cal, (April 17,2006); Peregrine Financial Group, Inc. v. TradeMaven, L.L.C. 391 Ill.App.3d 309, 909 N.E.2d 837 Ill.App. (May 06, 2009); Dloogatch v. Terra Foundation For The Arts 2009 Ill. App; Independence Plus v. Walther 2009 Ill. App; Crocker v. Pollack 2009 Ill App
Educational Background: John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois, J.D. (Tax), University Of Chicago Graduate School Of Business, M.B.A., University Of Chicago Harris School Of Public Policy, M.P.P., University Of Chicago Harris School Of Public Policy, Ph.D. Candidate

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