Clyde Bowles focuses his practice on representation of business and not-for-profit organizations; estates and trusts; and related litigation, arbitration and mediation.

After three years of practice with a corporate law firm in his home city of Kansas City, Missouri, he moved to Chicago. He has since engaged in the full-time practice of law in Chicago, except for four-year service as an Assistant State’s Attorney of Cook County, on leave of absence from his law partnership. During that period, he headed the prosecution of complex financial (white collar) crimes.

Before joining Harrison & Held, Clyde was a partner at Rooks Pitts until its 2004 merger with Dykema Gossett PLLC, when he became Of Counsel to the merged firm. In earlier years, he was a member of Burditt, Bowles & Radzius, Chtd.

Education:

• Yale Law School, J.D.
          Editorial Board, Yale Law Journal
• Northwestern University, B.S., with distinction and with honors in Economics
          Member, Phi Beta Kappa

Bar Admissions:

• Illinois
• District of Columbia
• Hawaii
• Missouri
• U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois; Trial Bar
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Professional Organizations:

• American Bar Association
          Former member, House of Delegates
          Former member, Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar
• Chicago Bar Association
• Illinois State Bar Association
• The Lawyers Club of Chicago
• National Conference of Bar Examiners
          Former Chair
• State Board of Law Examiners of Illinois
          Former member
• Chicago International Dispute Resolution Association
          Roster of Arbitrators and Mediators

Other Organizations:

• The Economic Club of Chicago
• Union League Club of Chicago
• The University Club of Chicago
• National Association of Japan-America Societies
          Former Chair
• Japan America Society of Chicago
          Board of Governors
          Former President
• Midwest US-China Association
• McCormick Theological Seminary
          Former Chair, Board of Directors
• Fourth Presbyterian Church of Chicago
          Board of Trustees
                  Current member
                  Former President
          Session
                  Former Clerk

Honors and Professional Achievements:

• American Bar Foundation
          Life Fellow
• Decoration from the Emperor of Japan:
          The Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon