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Be Your Own Advocate: Avoiding Diagnostic Errors
Medical malpractice is a crisis in the United States healthcare environment. Deaths resulting from malpractice tally at approximately 250,000 people per year in the U.S., marking it the third leading cause of death after heart disease and...
Testicular Cancer: Why Early Detection is Critical
Bell Law Firm recently played an integral role in a confidential settlement against Kaiser Permanente following the death of 24-year-old Ryan Stephens. Case Details When Ryan Stephens was 24 years old, he visited his primary care doctor, Dr....
Lloyd Bell Named to 2019 Georgia Trailblazers by Daily Report
Lloyd Bell was named to this year’s inaugural Daily Report 2019 Georgia Trailblazers, a list of Georgia’s agents of change for the legal industry. The list is comprised of legal professionals who have made significant marks on the practice,...
A Call for Diligence: Avoiding Underage Alcohol Consumption
Bell Law Firm recently played an integral role in the confidential settlement against a Macon, Georgia Circle K following the death of 18-year old Murray Nixon. Case Details In 2015, best friends Me-Me Wade and Murray Nixon were catching up during...
Jury Selection: How to Find a Fair Jury
Perhaps the most critical phase of any trial is jury selection. To obtain a just verdict, we need unbiased, attentive jurors who care about the issues and care about justice. If a juror is over-worked and sleep-deprived, it will be all but...
Recognizing Medical Malpractice: The Rules of the Road
Recognizing medical malpractice when it happens to you or a family member can be challenging. Much like the laws that govern traffic court are in place to regulate driver’s behavior on the road, rules are in place to guide the actions of medical...
Justice for Military Medical Malpractice Victims
True or false: The United States’ military personnel have the same rights as convicted felons when injured by medical malpractice. False. Our soldiers are not afforded the same rights that we extend to our nation’s imprisoned felons – and the...
Lloyd Bell Joins The Inner Circle of Advocates
Our lead attorney, Lloyd Bell, was recently invited to join the Inner Circle of Advocates. The offer is a tremendous honor: Since its founding in 1972, the Inner Circle of Advocates boasts an elite membership that includes the top plaintiff trial...
Be a Nurse, Not a Defendant: Avoiding Nursing Malpractice
Lloyd Bell was recently invited to speak at Brenau University’s senior nursing course – Nursing Leadership and Management. The course, taught by the school’s Director of Nursing, covers medical malpractice, mistakes to avoid, and basics on how...
$4.7 Million Verdict Secured in Medical Malpractice Case for Botched Central Line
A Fulton County jury returned a favorable verdict in a medical malpractice case for an Atlanta woman after a misplaced central line caused complications that resulted in a below-the-knee amputation. Represented by our own Lloyd Bell and Darren...
Bell Law Firm Featured on Insider Exclusive
The Bell Law Firm was recently featured on Insider Exclusive, the nation’s leading independent legal industry film producers. The show is dedicated to making critically acclaimed and cutting-edge TV to publicize and broadcast in mainstream media....
Bell Named to Legal Elite by Georgia Trend, Selected by Peers
Lloyd Bell was named to this year’s Georgia Trend magazine’s 2018 Legal Elite. The list ranks Georgia’s top attorneys as selected by their peers. To compile its Legal Elite, Georgia Trend polled several thousand members of the State Bar of Georgia...
Bell Named Among Georgia’s Top Rated Lawyers
Lloyd Bell was recently named among Georgia's Top Rated Lawyers. The award is given to attorneys who have demonstrated leadership qualities and have achieved the AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell®. Martindale-Hubbell®, the company that has...
Calling Atlanta’s Legal Community: Lifelong Care for Georgia’s Brain Injured Faces Urgent Fundraising Deadline
Supporting Side by Side Brain Injury Clubhouse Each year, millions of people in the United States suffer from brain injuries. While these are usually caused by a traumatic accident, brain injury may also occur in healthcare settings, due to medical...
Lawsuit Loans: A Helping Hand or a Shakedown?
When a patient is injured by medical malpractice, it’s like a bomb going off in their life with a wide blast radius. Medical bills pile up, the mortgage falls behind, creditors pester with phone calls. And the victim often faces months or even...