Kenneth B. Bell Clark, Partington, Hart, Larry, Bond & Stackhouse One Pensacola Plaza, Suite 800 125 West Romana Street Pensacola FL 32502 Tel: (850) 434-9200 Fax: (850) 432-7340 Email: kenbell@cphlaw.com www.cphlaw.com

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ADR Services: Mediation (Circuit-Civil) Mediation (Federal) Arbitration (Civil/Commercial) Arbitration (Construction) Med-Arb Neutral Evaluation Facilitation Fact Finding Voluntary Trial Res. Judge Special Magistrate Insurance Umpire

FL Certification Qualifications: Circuit-Civil Mediator Certified Appellate Mediator Serving the following Judicial Circuits: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 [ Click for Map of Florida's Civil Circuits ]

Appellate Commercial/Business Condominiums Construction Contract Disputes Debt/Foreclosure

Family Businesses Insurance Land Use/Planning Landlord/Tenant Medical Malpractice Partnerships

Personal Injury Probate Professional Negligence Real Estate Torts Trusts / Estates

Biographical Notes:

Reconginized by Florida Trend as a 2009 Legal Elite in Arbitration and Mediation, Former Justice Kenneth B. Bell maintains an active ADR practice. He also leads the firm's appelllate/trial support group. He is also active in business and real estate litigation. The breadth of his legal experience is unique and helpful to the ADR process.

Ken was appointed to the Florida Supreme Court in 2002. As a justice, he authored numerous significant opinions on a wide variety of issues. His service on Florida's Supreme Court was best summarized by Governor Charlie Christ when he accepted Justice Bell's resignation in the Fall of 2008:

"Your contributions to Florida law and the judicial system will stand for many years to come. You never wavered in following the text of our Constitution and statutes, and by doing so you set an example of judicial restraint for jurists everywhere. As a man of humility and deep faith in God, you have served as a role model of personal and professional integrity on the bench."

Prior to his service on the Supreme Court, Ken was a circuit judge in Florida's First Judicial Circuit. Indeed, in 1991, he became the youngest circuit judge in the history of the First Circuit. In his twelve years on the circuit court bench, Judge Bell handled more than 27,500 cases as a general jurisdiction judge and was actively involved in improving the judicial system.

Preceding his elevation to the judiciary, Mr. Bell was a successful private practitioner in the Pensacola area as its first Board Certified Real Estate Attorney.

Education:

• J.D., with honors, Florida State College of Law (1982)
• B.A, History, Davidson College (1978)
• Diploma, Booker T. Washington High School, Pensacola, Florida (1974)

Languages

English

Memberships & Affiliations :

• The Florida Bar (1982-present)
• The Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar (1982-present) Member-Executive Counsel, Amicus Committee The Appellate Law Section of the Florida Bar (2008-present)
• American Inns of Court-Pensacola Chapter (1996-2002, 2007-present)
• Escambia-Santa Rosa Bar Association (1982-present)

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Calendar Last Updated: 8 May 12	Click your preferred date to send our office a Date Request form. All such requests will go immediately to Kenneth Bell's scheduling staff (Ruth Patterson, rpatterson@cphlaw.com)