Background
Bell, Steven Dennis was born on February 11, 1953 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Sam H. and Joyce E. (Shaw) Bell.
Bell, Steven Dennis was born on February 11, 1953 in Akron, Ohio, United States. Son of Sam H. and Joyce E. (Shaw) Bell.
University of Notre Dame (Bachelor of Arts, 1975). University of Akron (Juris Doctor, 1979).
Worked at Ulmer & Berne Limited Liability Partnership (Cleveland, Ohio) specializing in General Civil Practice. Corporation, Insurance, Probate, Public Finance, Taxation, International Trade, Employee Benefits, Domestic, Labor, Securities, Real Estate, Health Care, Bankruptcy and Creditors" Rights, Commercial, Environmental and Estate Planning Law. Trial and Appellate Practice in all Courts.
Admitted to the bar, 1979, Ohio.
Assistant United States. Attorney, 1984-1988, Chief, Civil Division, 1986-1988, Cleveland, Ohio.
Assistant Director of Law, City of Akron, Ohio, 1980-1984. Member: Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education, 1988.
(Chair, Environmental Group).
The firm is engaged in a widely-diversified practice of law representing publicly and privately owned businesses, individuals, governmental bodies and institutions involved in a broad spectrum of activities, including manufacturing, service, wholesale and retail businesses, insurance, brokerage, financial, real estate, professional and health care services. The firm is organized into two broad areas of practice (business and litigation) and utilizes an interdisciplinary approach through its health care, environmental, employee benefits, labor and employment, insurance defense, taxation, estate planning/probate, family law, real estate, corporate and securities, public law, commercial litigation and bankruptcy and creditors" rights groups.
Advisory Committee on Rules, United States. District Court, Northern District of Ohio, since 1990. Ohio Supreme Court Commission on Continuing Legal Education, since 1988.
Member: Akron, Cleveland and Cuyahoga County Bar Associations.
Cleveland Association of Civil Trial Attorneys. Defense Research Institute.
Married E. Jane White (divorced February 1995). Children: Colleen, Patrick.