Tag Archives: Chicago Bar Association

The Peacemaker

February 2011 By Josh Karp Published in Illinois Super Lawyers In the lobby of the Chicago Bar Association (CBA) building stands a statue of Lady Liberty rising from—or, depending on your perspective, being devoured by—a block of bronze. It was

Michigan Avenue Magazine: How to Succeed in Business

Full-Court Press Laurel Bellows BY JESSICA GIRDWAIN Michigan Avenue Magazine Attorney Laurel Bellows, a pioneer for women trial lawyers, began blazing a trail after graduation from Loyola Chicago School of Law in 1974, when she joined Bellows and Bellows, P.C.,

Is the Past Prologue?

By Laurel Bellows We are the most effective generation of womankind ever-that is, if “effectiveness” is measured in terms of confronting legal issues involving women. But if women’s accomplishments are weighed against actually achieving equality of opportunity, freedom from violence,