Barbara E. Bell

Barbara was born in Bay Village, Ohio, and was raised in Michigan. She graduated in 1970 from the University of Michigan with a B.A. in Political Science. She graduated from Wayne State University in Detroit in 1973 with a Juris Doctor degree.

Barbara practiced law in the Prosecuting Attorney’s office in St. Clair County Michigan from 1973 to 1977 when she moved to Great Falls, Montana. She practiced for many years in the Cascade County Attorney’s office doing youth care cases and criminal law.

Barbara’s practice includes family law, adoption, custody, employment, civil litigation and criminal defense.

Barbara has been admitted to practice in Montana state and federal courts since 1977. She is admitted to practice before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and U.S. Supreme Court. She has been a member of the Commission of Character and Fitness of the Supreme Court of the State of Montana since 1988. She has served as President of the Cascade County Bar Association.

Barbara is married with two adult children.