Philip Fowler appointed to 4th Subcircuit vacancy

In an order entered March 30, the Illinois Supreme Court appointed attorney Phillip J. Fowler to a 4th Subcircuit vacancy created when Judge Edward J. King chose not to seek retention in 2022.

Licensed to practice law in Illinois since 1986, according to ARDC, Fowler is currently an attorney with the firm of Karlin, Fleisher & Falkenberg, LLC. His appointment is effective May 5 and terminates December 2, 2024.

In a press release that accompanied the Order announcing the appointment, the Supreme Court noted that Fowler has worked his entire career in "private law firms handling a diverse range of civil litigation, including personal injury, civil rights, and commercial cases, as well as the area of legal ethics. He has represented attorneys before the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission, has advised law firms on legal ethics and professional liability, and has testified as an expert witness on legal ethics. He has also dedicated himself over the last thirty-five years to protecting the legal rights of wards of the Department of Children and Family Services."

Fowler's firm biography reports that Fowler began his legal career working for the late Donald Hubert (later rising to partner in a firm known as Hubert, Fowler & Quinn. Fowler later became "Of Counsel" to the Gloor Law Group, LLC, and thereafter, a director in the firm of Tribler, Orpett & Meyer, P.C. before joining Karlin, Fleisher & Falkenberg, LLC.

Fowler has sat on the boards of the Foundation Board of the Special Olympics of Illinois, the International Organization of Adolescents (which combats the human trafficking of teens throughout the world), and the Catholic Lawyer’s Guild.