John Bell

John C. Bell, Jr. is a trial lawyer at The Bell Firm in Augusta, Georgia. His cases have included personal injuries, environmental damage and consumer class actions. In environmental litigation, he has pursued claims involving both injuries and damage to property; his class-action work has also addressed insurance practices and defective products.

Not all of his assignments have been as lead counsel. Bell has served as local counsel and second chair, and other lawyers have turned to him for help with trial strategy and case management. The firm reports that he has taken more than 100 cases to verdict.

Bell is an Augusta native. He received his B.A. from Augusta State University in 1969, then completed his J.D. at the University of Georgia in 1972, graduating cum laude. His bar admissions date to 1972 in Georgia and 1991 in South Carolina.

Environmental litigation also appears in his teaching and professional service. He chaired the Association of Trial Lawyers of America’s Environmental and Toxic Section from 1989 to 1990. In July 2007, he presented on environmental property damage claims at the American Association for Justice’s annual meeting in Chicago. His published work includes “Proof of Causation,” which appeared in Trial Magazine in October 1988.

In Augusta, Bell chaired the Richmond County Board of Health from 1994 to 2000. He later chaired the Augusta State University Foundation, serving from 2006 to 2008.