Filipina is first Asian president of Chicago Bar Association
Her parents migrated to the United States because they realized that they would not be able to afford to send all of their eight kids to college if they stayed and worked in the Philippines.
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 donated by Laurel Bellows and her husband. “[The statue] will tell you all that you […]
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., where she met her future husband, Joel. In 2009 Bellows spearheaded the formation of Bellows […]
Is the Past Prologue?
We are the most effective generation of womankind ever-that is, if “effectiveness” is measured in terms of confronting legal issues involving women.