Practices
Commercial Litigation
Antitrust
Alternative Dispute Resolution

Education
J.D.  California Western School of Law 1974, with honors, valedictorian
B.S.  U.S. Naval Academy 1966

Awards and Honors
San Diego Super Lawyers 2008
San Diego Top Influential 2007
San Diego Top Attorney 2007
2007 “Lawdragon 3000” Leading Lawyer
San Diego Top Attorney 2005

Bar Admissions
California
New York

Court Admissions
U.S. District Court - C.D. California
U.S. District Court - N.D. California
U.S. District Court - S.D. California
U.S. Supreme Court

Professional Affiliations
American Bar Association
California Bar Association
New York Bar Association
San Diego Bar Association

 
Roy  Morrow Bell,  Partner

San Diego
(619) 557-4301
(619) 231-8796


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Roy Morrow Bell is a partner resident in the San Diego, California office of Ross, Dixon & Bell, LLP.

Mr. Bell served two tours in the Western Pacific during the Vietnam Conflict where he earned two Navy Commendations (with combat “V”), the Navy Achievement Medal (with combat “V”), the Vietnam Unit Medal of Gallantry, and six Vietnam Campaign Medals. He attended the California Western School of Law, where he graduated with honors in 1974 and was valedictorian. Mr. Bell served as lead articles editor for the California Western International Law Review and later served as an Associate Professor of Law at California Western. He has served for 20 years as a trustee and then as Chairman of the Board, and currently holds the honorary title of Emeritus Chairman.

Mr. Bell is a member of the State Bars of California and New York, the New York Bar Association, the California Bar Association, the San Diego Bar Association, and the American Bar Association. He is the recipient of the March 1977 Trial Lawyer of the Month Award, and the San Diego NAACP Lawyer of the Year Award in 1978. The National Law Journal named Mr. Bell its Litigator of the Month in February 2000 for his work in the Koch Industries trial. Most recently, he was named a Transcript 10 Top Attorney in the San Diego Daily Transcript’s Top Attorneys 2007. Mr. Bell also has served as a founding trustee of a scholastic trust for children of deceased Naval Academy graduates, is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors and past President and Chairman of The Century Club of San Diego (Buick Invitational 2003), is a member of the Board of Directors of the San Diego International Sports Council, and is a past Chairman and President of the La Jolla Country Club. He currently serves as a committee member for the 2007 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl and San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl Committee and was named a Paul Harris Fellow by the San Diego Rotary Club.

The focus of Mr. Bell’s practice is complex business civil litigation and trial work.


Publications
4/23/2003  “An Overview of Civil & Criminal Whistleblower Provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley,” aba.net Business Law Section

In The News
5/28/2008  RDB and Its Co-Counsel Obtain Settlements Totaling $76.25 Million in False Claims Action
5/16/2008  Roy Bell and Fletcher Paddison Selected for Inclusion in 2008 San Diego Super Lawyers
12/31/2007  Roy Morrow Bell Honored as Top Influential in San Diego Daily Transcript
9/14/2007  Twelve RDB Attorneys Named Finalists in Lawdragon 500 Leading Lawyers in America
7/19/2007  Roy Morrow Bell Honored as 2007 Transcript 10 Top Attorney in San Diego Daily Transcript
3/23/2007  RDB Appoints Sally Gere to New Role of General Counsel; Elects New Management Committee Members
10/23/2006  Roy and Diane Bell Named Dynamic Duo By The Catfish Club

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