Albert R. Bell, Jr.

Wade II, Suite 400
5430 Wade Park Boulevard
Raleigh, North Carolina 27607
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Phone: 919-277-9180
Fax: 919-277-9177
arb@wardandsmith.com

Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 33009
Raleigh, North Carolina 27636-3009

Mr. Bell has more than 40 years of experience in labor, employment, and government regulation matters, including 30 years of practice in the private sector. His experience encompasses federal and state court litigation of employment issues, including charges of civil rights discrimination. Mr. Bell also advises clients on a wide range of employment regulatory and legislative issues, appearing on their behalf before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs, and federal and state wage and hour divisions. He is a frequent lecturer and has written extensively on a wide range of employment and government contract topics. Mr. Bell is included in the current editions of The Best Lawyers in America and Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, and he has been rated by his peers as being "preeminent" in his respective fields of law. He is recognized in "Legal Elite," a list of the best attorneys in the state by Business North Carolina, and in "Super Lawyers," a list of top North Carolina attorneys by North Carolina Super Lawyers.

Practice Groups
Government Representation
Labor and Employment
Litigation

Practice Specialties
Affirmative Action
Employment Contracts, Compensation, and Benefits
Employment Litigation
Labor-Management Relations and Union Avoidance
Occupational Safety and Health
Wage and Hour Law

Bar Admission
North Carolina, 1975

Court Admissions
All state and federal courts in North Carolina
Court of Federal Claims
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

United States District Court for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of North Carolina

United States Supreme Court

Education

J.D., Wake Forest University, 1975. Managing Editor, Wake Forest Law Review.

B.S., Campbell University, 1966

Memberships

American Bar Association — Sections: Health Law; Labor and Employment Law; Public Contract Law

Eastern North Carolina Inn of Court
Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference

North Carolina Bar Association — Sections: Government and Public Sector; Labor and Employment Law

North Carolina Chamber
Regional Transportation Alliance

Publications

Construction

Union Activity: All is Not Quiet on the Eastern Front

Labor and Employment

Department of Labor's New "White-Collar" Exemption Regulations Take Effect