Adam Bell, Esq.
3503 Wild Cherry Drive
Building 6
Austin, Texas 78738
Office: 512.600.4365
Fax: 512.266.3655
Areas of Practice
Insurance Defense, Premises Liability, Auto Liability, Catastrophic Injury, Construction Litigation, Pet Owner Liability, Workplace Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Wrongful Death, Personal Injury and Civil Rights
Legal Experience
Adam Bell has enjoyed a multi-jurisdictional trial practice for over twenty-three years. He brings a forthright and compassionate style to the practice of law. He believes that the advocate's job is to discover each client's unique story and then present that story in the most advantageous way possible within the confines of the law.
Mr. Bell is an avid motorcyclist, outdoorsman, and sixth-generation Texan. In addition to practicing law, Mr. Bell enjoys teaching the law and has presented courses on legal history from the Code of Hammurabi through Nineteenth Century U.K. Common Law, Criminal Law and Procedure, Civil Rights and Law Enforcement Officer Liability, and Class III and National Firearms Act trusts.
Education
B.A., Political Science, Southern Methodist University, 1991
J.D., Creighton University School of Law, 1998
Licenses
Texas State Bar
New Mexico State Bar
Admission to Courts
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
United States District Court for the District of New Mexico
United States District Court for the District of Colorado
Presentations and Lectures
Adjunct Professor, Trinity International School of Law, Legal Foundations and History
Adjunct Professor, San Juan College, Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure
Lecturer, Section 1983 Liability and Qualified Immunity, San Juan County Criminal Justice Authority – Law Enforcement Academy
CLE Presenter, Class III and National Firearms Act Trusts, New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Awards and Recognition
Best Criminal Lawyers for New Mexico, American Institute of Criminal Law Attorneys, 2017
Top 10 Attorney Award, National Academy of Criminal Defense Attorneys, 2016 & 2017
National Association of Premier DUI Defense Attorneys, 2016
Superior Attorney, National Advocacy of DUI Defense, 2016
Rookie Prosecutor of the Year, New Mexico State Bar, Prosecutor's Section, 2003
Professional Associations
New Mexico Bar Association, Trial Practice Section
New Mexico Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
Criminal Justice Authority Panelist, United States District of New Mexico, 2017 & 2018
Criminal Justice Authority Panelist, United States District of Colorado, 2018, 2019 & 2020
Austin Bar Association
Military Service
United States Army, Army Reserves and National Guard, 1985 – 1993.
