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Timothy Bowles is an American attorney who has worked for the Church of Scientology and its related organizations for the majority of his career. Along with Kendrick Moxon and Laurie Bartilson, Bowles was one of the lead attorneys for the Church of Scientology in the oft-cited legal case: ''Church of Scientology International v. Fishman and Geertz''. He is the executive director of Youth for Human Rights International, and is a Commissioner on the Board of Advisors of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights, both Church of Scientology sponsored organizations. ==Legal career== In the late 1970s, Bowles began his legal career as attorney for Delphian Foundation (now known as Delphi Schools, an Applied Scholastics educational organization that uses study technology developed by L. Ron Hubbard). Bowles moved to Southern California in the 1980s, where he served as general legal counsel to the Church of Scientology International for several years with Kendrick Moxon in the firm Bowles & Moxon, which served as the church's lead counsel in the legal effort that resulted in the church receiving U.S. tax-exempt status in 1993.〔Frantz, Douglas, "Scientology's Puzzling Journey From Tax Rebel to Tax Exempt", ''The New York Times'', March 9, 1997.〕 Bowles had been a part of the law firm ''Bowles & Moxon'', whose other partner was Kendrick Moxon.〔 That law firm acted on behalf of the Church of Scientology.〔 An article in ''The American Lawyer'' recounts how the firm of ''Bowles & Moxon'' was involved with the filing of 50 civil suits against the Cult Awareness Network by individual Scientologists, many of whom had asserted virtually the same "carbon copy" claims as the other lawsuits〔(Did Scientology Strike Back? ), The American Lawyer, June 1997.〕 In 1994, the Cult Awareness Network opened a counter-suit against the Church of Scientology, 11 individual Scientologists and the Los Angeles law firm of Bowles and Moxon. Tim Bowles was part of the lawfirm ''Bowles & Hayes''.〔(Bowles & Hayes ), FindLaw.com〕 His partner Steven Hayes, also a Scientologist, was involved in buying the assets of the Cult Awareness Network after bankruptcy. After leaving that firm, he has continued to personally work for Scientology entities such as Youth for Human Rights International as Executive Director,〔(Meet the Director: Tim Bowles ), youthforhumanrights.org〕〔(International Youth Delegates Spark Human Rights Initiative at David Starr Jordan High School ), ''Church of Scientology International'', Human Rights News, October 7, 2005〕〔(Youth For Human Rights International - Ghana Human Rights Tour ), ''Church of Scientology International'', Human Rights News Forum, June 3, 2006〕 and the Citizens Commission on Human Rights as a Commissioner on the Board of Advisors as well as representing clients such as Narconon. Representing Youth for Human Rights International in Ghana in 2006, he said, "Ghana should lead the crusade for championing the tenets of United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights...through human rights education from an early age", adding that his organization had developed materials to assist in doing so. On 2005-12-19, he incorporated the firm ''Law Offices of Timothy Bowles'', with two associates.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tim Bowles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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