Mr. Bell graduated cum laude from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1997, where he served as a Project Editor for the Georgetown Law Journal.  Upon graduation, Mr. Bell joined Dechert, Price & Rhoads LLP where he focused primarily on civil litigation matters.  At Dechert, Mr. Bell represented clients at all stages of litigation in complex commercial and products liability matters.  In 2001, Mr. Bell joined Pelino & Lentz, P.C., where he litigated a wide variety of cases with an emphasis on employment, civil rights and commercial matters.  In 2003, Mr. Bell established the Law Offices of James Bell, where he litigated employment, civil rights, commercial and personal injury matters.  In 2004, Mr. Bell formed Bell & Bell LLP with Jennifer Bell, who had previously served as a judicial clerk for The Honorable Dolores K. Sloviter of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, an associate at Morgan Lewis & Bockius, and Counsel, Labor and Employment at Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.  Since its founding in 2004, Bell & Bell LLP has focused primarily on employment litigation matters.