STANLEY M. 'JACK' BELL
Mediator / Attorney at Law
111 Center Street, Suite 1200
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Ph (501) 907-7412 · Fx (501) 907-7413

BIOGRAPHY
Stanley 'Jack' Bell has been a practicing attorney since 1991 and has focused his practice on mediation for the last several years. Jack has a solo practice in Little Rock and owns and operates Arkansas Mediation Services located in the Stephens Building. He is also an instructor / mediator for the UALR Bowen School of Law. Jack is also the Director of the Searcy District Court Mediation Program, an Arbitrator for the Better Business Bureau, is a certified mediator by the Arkansas Alternative Dispute Resolution Commission in all areas of mediation and serves frequently as a mediator within the Administrative Office of Court's Access and Visitation Program. Jack often serves as an Attorney Ad Litem in custody and divorce cases and routinely assists the AOC in the training of new Ad Litems. Jack is the current President of the Arkansas Conflict Resolution Association. Jack has over 100 hours of ADR training and has performed over 200 mediations and arbitrations.

MEDIATION TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
  • 2000 Divorce and Child Custody Mediation Training: 40 Hours CDR Associates, Boulder Colorado


  • 2000 Better Business Bureau Arbitration Training: 11 hours Little Rock, Arkansas


  • 2001 Advanced Family Mediation Training: 24 hours sponsored by Northern Virginia Mediation Service in affiliation with George Mason University, Fairfax Virginia


  • 2002 Director of the Searcy District Court Small Claims Mediation Program Searcy, Arkansas


  • 2002 Advanced Mediators Workshop for Arkansas ADR Commission: 8 hours sponsored by CDR Associates, Boulder, Colorado


  • 2003 CLE presenter for Attorney Ad Litem Training, Arkansas Administrative Office of Courts, Little Rock, Arkansas: Ethics & Mediation (Spring) 3 hours


  • 2003 Mediation Coach, Zena Zumeta Divorce Mediation Works
    (Spring) Trainer, Zena Zumeta of Ann Arbor, Michigan


  • 2003 Advanced Mediators Workshop for Access & Visitation Mediators:
    (Fall) 8 hours Trainer, Zena Zumeta of Ann Arbor, Michigan


  • 2003 Arkansas Department of Education Mediation Training, 14 hours


  • 2003 Mediation Coach, Zena Zumeta Divorce Mediation Workshop
    (Fall) Trainer, Zena Zumeta of Ann Arbor, Michigan


  • 2003 CLE presenter for The Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association (Winter)
    1 hour 'Alternative Dispute Resolution in Divorce, Custody & Visitation'


    • BAR MEMBERSHIPS & ORGANIZATIONS
    Arkansas Bar (1991) , Colorado Bar (inactive). Also sworn before the United States District Court - Eastern and Western District of Arkansas, the Army Court of Criminal Appeals, the Navy Court of Criminal Appeals, and the United States Court of Criminal Appeals for the Armed Forces. General member of the national Association for Conflict Resolution. Current President of the Arkansas Conflict Resolution Association. ADR section member of the Arkansas Bar Association. Member of the Arkansas Trial Lawyers Association.

    EDUCATION
    University of Arkansas School of Law, Juris Doctorate - 1991
    Arkansas State University, Bachelor of Science - 1986

    OTHER
    Born August 19, 1963 in Quanah, Texas
    Former Captain in the U.S. Army JAG Corps
    Married to Amy M. Bell, Father of 2 children
    Member and Usher at Christ Episcopalian Church of Little Rock.

         		 
      Arkansas Mediation Services, P.A.
      Little Rock, Arkansas
      Ph (501) 907-7412 Fx (501) 907-7413
      Jack1bell@aol.com