Melvin Flowers - J.D, MBA, brings over 30 years of business and legal expertise to the table. Before founding the Flowers Law Group, he served as the Global Legal Lead for Governance & Risk - Global Data Privacy at Accenture LLP, a leading global management consulting firm, where he held various legal and business leadership roles for 18 years. In this capacity, he spearheaded data privacy initiatives and enterprise risk assessments, ensuring compliance for a corporate enterprise of more than 780,000 employees. Mel also dedicated 13 years to the telecom industry with Ameritech, SBC, and AT&T, earning multiple awards, including recognition for facilitating one of the corporation's largest deals at over $1.3 billion.
As an award-winning attorney, licensed in the U.S. and as an English Solicitor in England and Wales, Mel possesses extensive international business and legal experience. His broad legal expertise encompasses technology and corporate transactions, leading successful negotiations for new business collaborations among tech giants that generated hundreds of millions in incremental revenue.
A trained mediator and negotiator, Mel has significant experience offering strategic advice on structuring joint business arrangements and negotiating complex technology and venture agreements. His background includes providing strategic legal and commercial advice, crisis management, technology development, new venture creation, corporate governance, litigation management, and legal operations management.
He is a Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP Canada / US / Europe) with extensive global experience in cross-border transactions, business entity formation, startup coaching, outsourcing, SaaS, cloud computing, security, consulting, UAV (drone) applications, robotics process automation, artificial intelligence governance, telecom, blockchain, resale, strategic alliances, new business ventures, investments, M&A, intellectual property, data privacy, software and asset licensing, corporate governance, risk management, compliance, and general management.
Mel also has extensive expertise in areas of law such as non-profit corporations, bankruptcy, securities, product liability, real estate, estates and trusts, music and advertising media, and administrative and regulatory law (including insurance and mortgage processing).
He has received numerous accolades for his pro bono legal support and was a co-creator of Accenture's award-winning in-house pro bono legal clinic - Legal Access.
EDUCATION
MIT - Entrepreneurship Bootcamp
IIT - Chicago Kent College of Law - Juris Doctor
Bradley University - B.S. Marketing
Center for Conflict Resolution - Mediation
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
United States Supreme Court Bar
Illinois State Bar
Chicago Bar Association
Law Society of England and Wales
PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS
IAPP Certifications: CIPP/E, CIPP/US, CIPP/C
CALIBR Global Leadership Network
Illinois Notary Public
AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Crain's Chicago Notable Leaders 2024, 2022, and 2021
Chicago Bar Foundation - Exelon Outstanding Corporate Counsel Award - 2023
Savoy Magazine 2018 Edition - List of the Most Influential Lawyers in the U.S.
Accenture US Corporate Citizenship Volunteer Award Winner 2017
Accenture Diversity & Inclusion Award 2016
Chicago Appleseed Pro Bono Champion Award 2012
CIVIC
Board of Trustees - Illinois Institute of Technology
Board of Advisors - IIT - Chicago Kent Law School
Board of Advisors - Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship
Board of Trustees - Bradley University
Chair of the Human Capital and Compensation Committee - Board of Trustees - Bradley University
Board of Directors - Lawyers for the Creative Arts
Executive Director - Kappa Leadership Institute of Chicago
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