50 Years Of Trial Experience In Georgia And South Carolina
Notable Results In Complex Civil Litigation
The Bell Firm is a seasoned and respected litigation practice based in Augusta, Georgia. We are known for taking complicated and high-stakes cases such as catastrophic personal injuries, mass casualty accidents, environmental lawsuits and ERISA litigation. John C. Bell has served as lead counsel in numerous class actions, including a landmark $45 million verdict for widespread property damage and a $60 million settlement in a consumer fraud class action.
John is licensed to practice in both Georgia and South Carolina, and admitted to U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Middle and Southern Districts of Georgia and the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 11th Circuits.
The Trial Lawyer Other Lawyers Call
John C. Bell is nationally recognized for his skill, acumen and results in trial advocacy. He has led prestigious professional associations, presented seminars on trial strategy and authored articles in prominent legal publications such as Trial Magazine. For many years running, John has been rated AV Preeminent by Martindale-Hubble and selected to the Super Lawyers list.
Author John Grisham has called John Bell “an honorable street lawyer.” He is at home in the courtroom and enjoys digging into the facts and legal angles of a complex case. The Bell Firm is regularly engaged by other attorneys who realize they are out of their depth or who need an established litigator as second chair or local counsel in a big case. We have extensive experience with accident reconstructions, expert witnesses, government agency investigations, novel theories of liability and other components of personal injury and mass tort litigation.