PAUL F. BELL
ATTORNEY, Notary, Ph.D., J.D.
4949 Tulane Drive
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70808
(504) 638-0631 (225) 246-2325 (225) 769-0019 fax BZ9@COX.NET http://members.cox.net/d83
ADMITTED TO PRACTICE
State of Louisiana, October 2006
EDUCATION
J.D. Loyola University New Orleans College of Law. May 2006. Civil Law Division, GPA 3.0
• Received highest exam scores in Contracts and Legal Accounting
• Internship with Judge Wicker, 24th JDC and Serena Vaughan, Post-Conviction Office
• Earned an "A" for my paper in course on the Clean Air Act
• Emphasis on education with six more credits taken than required
• Successfully completed skills courses in Pleadings/Draftings, Depositions, Successions, Real Estate License, Closing the Real Estate Sale, and Family Law
• Interests in environmental, public interest, employment, and insurance law
Ph.D. Soil Fertility/Plant Nutrition, University of Maryland, College Park. July 1990
M.S. Agronomy, University of Maryland, College Park. August 1986
B.S. Crops and Soils, Michigan State University, East Lansing. June 1982
LEGAL EXPERIENCE
2007 - Present Bell Law Firm, LLC; Represented employees against security guard companies (Securitas & GEO), Frito-Lay, CVS Pharmacy, Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LSU A&M, Noble Drilling, Rooms To Go, Louisiana Cardiology Associates, Southern University, The Methodist Church, Scott Fence, BESE
2007 Porteus, Hainkel & Johnson, LLP, New Orleans. Contract Attorney. January-June 2007; Prepared answers to complaints, answers to interrogatories & responses to RFP, phase reports for insurance companies, Rule 26 disclosures, and law memorandum using Westlaw-assisted research
2006 Caluda Law Firm, Metairie. Contract attorney. Wrote Louisiana Advocate article on uninsured-motorist coverage in hit-and-runs (see article here and the DeadMan statute article). Helped write motions
2006 Notary Public awarded by Secretary of State in December
2005 Honorable Fredericka H. Wicker Gretna, LA; Twenty-fourth Judicial District Court; Judicial Intern, Summer 2005; Summarized appellate opinions from 24th JDC
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
Paul F. Bell and Robert Caluda. 2007. Trend to allow more than eyewitness testimony in hit-and-run uninsured-motorist cases. Louisiana Advocates 22(1):8-9
Non-legal research-journal publications: Find them here.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1992–2003 Louisiana State University, Agronomy Dept., Baton Rouge, LA; Associate Professor of Plant Nutrition (tenured in 1998). Accomplished the following:
• Trailblazer in research; discovered boron deficiency in rice---first report in the U.S.
• Published author; wrote forty-one scientific articles with twenty-three as first author.
• Ability to explain and deliver complex topics; taught undergraduate and graduate level courses
• Led successful collaborative research efforts with in-state and out-of-state cooperators
• Experienced in analytical methods useful in agriculture, industry, and medicine.
• Spearheaded successful effort to establish tuition-free assistantships for graduate students.
• Faculty Senate secretary and senator
Visiting Scientist University of Queensland and CSIRO in Australia. 1998-1999. Studied methods to detoxify and buffer heavy metals in hydroponic solutions.
Postdoctoral Researcher University of California, Soil & Environmental Sciences, Riverside, California. 1990-1991. Studied selenium uptake mechanisms of a selenium-accumulator plant (part of effort to restore selenium-contaminated Kesterson reservoir).
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Treasurer Louisiana Conference of The American Association of University Professors
Member of National Employment Lawyers Association http://www.nela.org/NELA/index.cfm )
Notary Public; Bar Association memberships: ABA, Louisiana, and Baton Rouge
Sigma Xi scientific honor society (since 1994) Membership Chairman (2001)
LSU A&M Faculty Senate Senator 2001-2003 & Secretary 2002-2003
American Assoc. of University Professors Membership Chairman (2001) & Treasurer (2002)
Former member Soil Science Society of America Election Commissioner (Orleans Parish) 2006