Background
Bell, Samuel P. was born on May 21, 1939 in Charleston, West Virginia, United States.
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Samuel P. Bell
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Dartmouth College (Bachelor of Arts, 1961). Duke University (Bachelor of Laws, 1964). Flagler College (Honorary Doctor of Law, 1979).
Career
Worked at Cobb Cole & Bell (Daytona Beach, Florida) specializing in General Civil Litigation in all State and Federal Courts. Estate Planning and Estates and Trusts, Media Law, Federal Taxation, Real Estate, Corporations, Insurance, Administrative and Health Care Law. Commercial Litigation, Mediation, Private Adjudication, Government Law, Environmental Law.
Banking and Finance, Condominium Law. Admitted to the bar, 1964, Florida. Phi Alpha Delta. City Prosecutor, City of Daytona Beach, 1966-1968.
Attorney, South Peninsula Zoning District, 1971-1972. Member, Florida House of Representatives, 1974-1988. Majority Leader, 1979-1980.
Chairman, House Rules Committee, 1980-1982. Chairman, House Commerce Committee, 1983-1984. Chairman, Appropriations Committee, 1985-1988.
Special Counsel, 1990-1994. Chairman, Florida's Local Government Study Commission II, 1996. Member: Tallahassee and American Bar Associations.
The Florida Bar. (Resident, Tallahassee Office). For more than seventy years the firm has represented business, government and individuals in all aspects of general civil practice.
Membership
Member, Florida House of Representatives, 1974-1988. Majority Leader, 1979-1980. Chairman, House Rules Committee, 1980-1982.
Chairman, House Commerce Committee, 1983-1984. Chairman, Appropriations Committee, 1985-1988. Special Counsel, 1990-1994.
Chairman, Florida's Local Government Study Commission II, 1996. Member: Tallahassee and American Bar Associations. The Florida Bar. (Resident, Tallahassee Office).
