Professional Status:

Associate practicing at Evans Keane LLP; personal practice concentrated in all areas of litigation, including complex and commercial litigation, real property, bankruptcy, creditor’s rights, and collections.  Prior to joining Evans Keane, Mr. Bell’s practice focused on insurance defense and coverage litigation.

Formal Education:

Graduated in 2016 from the College of Idaho with a Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, in business administration, with minors in music, computer studies, and anthropology and sociology.  Earned his Juris Doctor degree in 2019 from University of Idaho, College of Law. While at the University of Idaho College of Law, Mr. Bell served as Chief Managing Editor of the Idaho Critical Legal Studies Journal, Junior and Senior Counsel to the Student Bar Association, and as Vice President & Event Coordinator of the Federal Bar Association.  Mr. Bell was also awarded the American Bankruptcy Institute’s ABI Medal of Excellence, CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Bankruptcy, and CALI Excellence for the Future Award in Estate Planning.

Clerkships:

• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Idaho, Judge Noah G. Hillen – Term Law Clerk   (2020-2021)
• U.S. Bankruptcy Court, District of Idaho, Judge Terry L. Myers – Term Law Clerk   (2019-2020)
• Second Judicial District of Idaho, Judge John R. Stegner – Extern (Summer of 2017)

Externship:

J.R. Simplot Company (Summer 2018)

Professional Affiliations and Bar Memberships:

Member of the Idaho State Bar (Member, Bankruptcy section, Litigation section); Admitted to Practice before the United States District Court for the District of Idaho and all courts of the State of Idaho.