Bernard P. Bell (Bernie)
Partner
Washington
Tel: 1.202.879.3727
Fax: 1.202.626.1700
Email:
bpbell@jonesday.com
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Bernie Bell has decades of experience as a trial lawyer in civil litigation, and he has concentrated his practice for the last 15 years on obtaining insurance recoveries (over $400 million in the aggregate) for corporate policyholders and their individual directors and officers. His practice covers the full range of insurance claims, from property damage and business interruption losses to claims arising from alleged directors' and officers', employment, environmental, fiduciary (ERISA), products, professional, and toxic tort liabilities. He uses his extensive experience with contested claims to assist clients in the placement of coverage.
Bernie also is an experienced environmental litigator. He spent five years as a trial attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, representing the U.S. in environmental enforcement lawsuits under Superfund (CERCLA), Clean Air Act, and Clean Water Act. He has handled complex environmental matters in private practice, including Clean Air Act and Superfund litigation, and FIFRA pesticide data compensation arbitrations.
Bernie is a frequent author and speaker on insurance coverage issues and has chaired subcommittees of the American Bar Association relating to insurance litigation. He is ranked in the highest tier of national insurance litigators in the 2007 and 2008 editions of Benchmark: The Definitive Guide to America's Leading Litigators, an independent research publication of Legal Media Group and Institutional Investor. He has an AV peer review rating from Martindale-Hubbell.
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District of Columbia and New York
Education
Fordham University (J.D. 1984; Editor, Fordham Law Review); Colgate University (A.B. cum laude 1981)
Government/Military Service
Trial Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Environmental Enforcement Section (1989-1994)