Griffin Boyette Bell III

Admissions:  Griffin Bell III has been a member of the State Bar of Georgia since 2002 and is authorized to practice before all state trial and appellate courts, including Superior, State, Probate, Magistrate (small claims), and city courts as well as the Georgia Court of Appeals and the Georgia Supreme Court.  He is also authorized to practice in the Northern and Middle districts of the United States District Courts in Georgia and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

Education: Mr. Bell is a 2002 graduate of the Walter F. George School of Law at Mercer University, Macon, Georgia and during law school clerked for the law firm of O’Neal, Brown, & Clark, PC.  Prior to law school, after obtaining his undergraduate degree from the University of Vermont, he lived in California and toured the United States and Canada as a musician and spent three years in the credit industry in systems training and documentation for TSYS, Inc. in Columbus, Georgia. After law school he practiced aviation law and holds private, commercial,multi-engine, and instrument ratings and certificates for fixed wing aircraft. 

Legal Community:  He is a member of the DeKalb Bar Association, the Lawyers Club of Atlanta, the Commercial Law League of America, the DeKalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation, the American Bar Association, and is a trustee of the Georgia Legal History Foundation.  He published numerous of his pilot-oriented aviation law articles in Autopilot magazine at the beginning of his legal career and has recently presented continuing education materials entitled Courtesy and Civility in pre-trial litigation (January, 2010, March, 2009) and Common Carrier Liability and Duty of Care to Passengers (September, 2008 and December, 2008).  He has been a guest lecturer at Mercer Law School for its Law Office Practice Management Class, and has judged numerous law school moot court competitions and high school mock trial competitions at the state and national level.  He has been recognized for his pro bono service by the DeKalb Volunteer Lawyers Foundation and was recognized by the State Bar for outstanding public service in providing legal representation to the low income citizens of Georgia.