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Justice Linda Marie Bell

Supreme Court Justice, Seat A

Justice Linda Marie Bell The Honorable Linda Marie Bell serves as a Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court in Seat A. Justice Bell took office January 2, 2023. Prior to serving on the Nevada Supreme Court, Justice Bell worked as a trial court judge for fourteen years.

During her tenure with the trial court, Justice Bell started the District Court Veteran’s Treatment Court and also worked to implement the District Court Gambling Diversion Treatment Court, which was the only one of its kind in the country. Justice Bell also served for four years as the Chief Judge of the largest court in the State of Nevada.

A third generation Nevadan, Justice Bell graduated with honors from the University of Nevada, Reno. In 1993, Justice Bell received her law degree magna cum laude from the University of San Diego School of Law, where she served as a Lead Articles Editor for the University of San Diego Law Review.

After graduation, Justice Bell worked as a law clerk to the Honorable Sally Loehrer. Following her clerkship, Justice Bell worked in private practice in the areas of medical malpractice and family law. Justice Bell then served as a public defender for five years in Clark County, handling felony criminal trial cases, and spent seven years at the Law Offices of the Federal Public Defender handling complex post-conviction cases. Justice Bell argued a number of times before the Nevada Supreme Court and Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

In addition to other community service, Justice Bell serves on the board of the ABA Appellate Judge’s Conference and as the co-chair of finance for the Judicial Division. Justice Bell previously served as Chair of the National Conference of State Trial Judges and served for two years as Chair of the ABA Judicial Division Ethics and Professional Responsibility Committee. Justice Bell is a past president of the Nevada District Judges Association and the Howard D. McKibben Chapter of the American Inns of Court. Justice Bell taught criminal law and criminal procedure at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas from 2011 until 2022. Justice Bell was a 2019 recipient of the Clark County Law Foundation Liberty Bell Award, the 2021 recipient of the Southern Nevada Women Attorney’s annual Miriam Shearing Award, and the 2022 recipient of the NCJFCJ Impact of the Year Award.

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