Michael J. Bell is an attorney licensed in West Virginia and Ohio whose practice includes estates and estate administration, estate planning, elder and disability planning, business matters, and real estate. He established his Beckley, West Virginia office in 2001 and later added an office in Gahanna, Ohio. His official profile emphasizes a goal of providing personalized and trustworthy legal services at a reasonable cost.
Bell graduated from Hurricane High School in 1987 and attended the University of Kentucky, earning degrees in business administration and political science in 1991. After college, he returned to West Virginia and worked in state government before attending Capital University Law School, where he earned his Juris Doctor in 1998. He is admitted to the West Virginia and Ohio bars and to practice before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
His professional background includes work in small-firm practice, public-interest settings, and prosecutorial and other public-service roles. Bell’s current official biography presents that varied experience as the foundation for a practice serving individuals, families, and businesses in both West Virginia and Ohio.