John J. Powers combines expertise in accounting and the law to provide clients with a broad-based approach to the myriad of legal matters that concerns banks, mutual funds, and other entities.  In a professional career spanning nearly two decades, John has supervised the legal aspects for both large and middle-market secured and unsecured loan transactions, including the purchase of more than 2,000 high-yield secured loans worth in excess of $20 billion for a single client.

In the corporate area, John has represented clients in sales and acquisitions, as well as public and private securities offerings.

A 1980 magna cum laude graduate of the University of Michigan Law School, John is a member of the Order of the Coif.  He received his bachelor of science degree in accounting with highest honors from the University of Illinois and was selected for the Bronze Tablet.  John was the 1977 recipient of the Monsanto Accounting Award.   He went on to pass the CPA exam that same year and was awarded the AICPA's Elijah Watts Sells Certificate of Honorable Mention.  Prior to joining Meyer Capel , John was a partner of Hopkins & Sutter in Chicago and an associate at Andrews & Kurth in Houston.  From 1992-98, John served as a trustee for Immaculate Heart of Mary High School in Westchester, Illinois.

John enjoys golf and Fighting Illini sports.  He and his wife, Kim, are the parents of a daughter, Betsy and a son, Sam.