M. Reas Bowman, Reas graduated from DePauw University at Greencastle, Indiana in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics. At DePauw, he was a Management Fellows Honor Scholar and received the Communication Department scholarship grant all four years he attended. Reas then went on to Chicago-Kent College of Law, earning his Juris Doctorate in 2005, with a Litigation and Dispute Resolution certificate. While in law school, Reas became a certified mediator with the Center for Conflict Resolution and mediated cases in the Illinois Circuit Court. He has been with Krislov and Associates since 2003, and was admitted to the Illinois Bar in 2005.