Steve Bell
- Seattle
Prior to his retirement, Steve Bell advised aircraft manufacturers on aircraft accident investigations and defended claims arising from some of the worst aviation accidents in history, including TWA Flight 800, Pan Am Flight 103 Lockerbie, Air India Flight 182, the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, the friendly-fire shoot down of two U.S. Army helicopters by U.S. Air Force F-15 pilots over Northern Iraq, and Special Operations Aviation Regiment crashes in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Steve advised clients on hundreds of investigations involving helicopters and tiltrotors. In addition to representing rotorcraft manufacturers, he has represented pilots, operators, airports, and owners of wires or cables struck by aircraft.
Education & Credentials
Education
- UC Berkeley School of Law, (formerly Boalt Hall), J.D., Order of the Coif, Research Editor, California Law Review, 1973
- University of Washington, B.A., Political Science, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1970