Hon. Stewart L. Bell (Ret.) has experience resolving a wide variety of matters in the areas of business and commercial law, real estate and construction, personal injury, medical malpractice, as well as family law. As a practicing attorney and jurist he has presided over hundreds of jury trials and is well regarded by counsel for his acute analytical skills, knowledge of the law, and fair-mindedness. Judge Bell is especially skillful in bringing parties together by earning the trust and confidence of all parties to reach a settlement.

ADR Experience and Qualifications

Handled hundreds of mediations covering all aspects of civil practice including the recent representative matters listed below; many of these cases involve multi-party, high-stakes matters.

Attended various courses covering arbitration and/or mediation, including a 40-hour course given by the National Judicial College, Reno, Nevada.

Representative Matters

• Business Commercial
• Mediated resolution of multi-party, multimillion dollar partnership dispute
• Adjudicated alleged substantial partnership embezzlement claim
• Resolved a case involving breach of fiduciary duties and fraud
• Arbitrated a case involving mechanic lien claims
• Mediated resolution of partnership dispute regarding ownership
• Employment Law
• Adjudicated complex employment contract dispute
• Arbitrated employment termination dispute with government contracts
• Insurance
• Arbitrated to settlement first party insurance contract dispute
• Mediated dispute on coverage for child after missed payments during life of the policy
• Resolved several insurance bad faith claims
• Personal Injury
• Mediated resolution of multimillion dollar product liability claims
• Mediated resolution of multimillion dollar wrongful death/product liability case
• Mediated resolution of substantial claim for alleged wrongful death of patient under nursing home care
• Mediated resolution of an automobile accident caused by employee
• Resolved a bodily injury claims resonating at a large transportation station
• Professional Liability
• Presided over major medical malpractice trials
• Real Property
• Mediated settlement of substantial competing home owners association rights claims
• Mediated substantial real property lien disputes
• Adjudicated multimillion dollar contractual dispute
• Adjudicated complex, competing multimillion dollar lien claims disputes
• Presided over architectural services dispute; re-wrote the law regarding the effect of offers of judgment
• Mediated to settlement a foreclosure matter alleging bank fraud

Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities

• Recognized as one of America’s 500 Best Trial Judges, Lawdragon magazine
• Recognized as an Outstanding Member of the Clark County Bar Association
• Nevada District Judges Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Member, Nevada Trial Lawyers Association
• Member, State Bar of Nevada
• Member, Clark County Bar Association
• Member, State Bar of California

Background and Education

• JAMS Mediator/Arbitrator, February 2009-present
• Senior Judge, State of Nevada, January 2009-2012
• Judge, Eighth Judicial District Court of Clark County, Nevada
• District Attorney, Clark County
• Private law practice
• Public Defender, Clark County Public Defender’s Office
• Legal Research Assistant to Judge Howard W. Babcock, Eighth Judicial District Court
• J.D., University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Law School (graduated top 15% of class)
• B.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) (Dean’s List, Alpha Kappa Psi, Phi Kappa Phi National Collegiate Academic Honor Society)